71Prohibiting convicted persons from SSDS involvement

71 Prohibiting convicted persons from SSDS involvement

(1)  In sentencing a person for an offence against this Act, a court may, having regard to the matters referred to in subsection (2) and to such other matters as it thinks fit, and in addition to imposing any other penalty, order that the person be prohibited for a specified period from having any involvement, or a particular involvement, with security-sensitive dangerous substances.

(2)  The matters to which the court is to have regard are –

(a) the person's record in carrying out restricted activities in relation to security-sensitive dangerous substances; and

(b) any prior convictions of the person relating to security-sensitive dangerous substances; and

(c) the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offence for which the person is being sentenced.

(3)  A person who contravenes an order under this section is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units; and

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.