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Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018
31Breaching an Australian launch permit condition
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31 Breaching an Australian launch permit condition
Offence (1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is the holder of an Australian launch permit; and (b) the person does an act or omits to do an act; and (c) the act or omission contravenes a condition of the permit; and (d) the condition is a condition to which the permit is subject under paragraph 30(a), (b), (c) or (d).
Penalty:
(a) for an individual—imprisonment for 10 years or 5,500 penalty units, or both; or
(b) for a body corporate—100,000 penalty units.
Civil penalty (2) The holder of an Australian launch permit must not contravene a condition of the permit.
Civil penalty: 1,000 penalty units.