South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT AND REPEAL (SIMPLIFY) ACT 2017 (NO 7 OF 2017) - SECT 60

60—Amendment of section 78—Unauthorised activities relating to exotic organisms or noxious species prohibited

Section 78(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         A person must not, except as authorised by a permit issued by the Minister—

            (a)         bring, or cause to be brought, into the State; or

            (b)         take from any waters; or

            (c)         sell, purchase or deliver; or

            (d)         have possession or control of,

aquatic resources of a noxious species.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of a body corporate—$250 000;

            (b)         in the case of a natural person—$120 000.