Customs Amendment (Enhanced Border Controls and Other Measures) Act 2009 (34 of 2009)

Schedule 12   Commonwealth property in Customs places

Customs Act 1901

1   After section 33B

Insert:

33C Obstructing or interfering with Commonwealth property in a Customs place

(1) A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person intentionally obstructs or interferes with the operation of a thing; and

(b) the thing belongs to the Commonwealth; and

(c) the thing is located in a Customs place.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

(2) Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).

Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.

(3) In this section:

Customs place has the same meaning as in section 183UA.