51. Unlicensed export of export-controlled item

the person exports an object or a thing;

the object or thing is an export‑controlled item to which this Part applies;

the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the object or thing is an export‑controlled item; and

the person is not one of the following:

a holder of both a current licence to export and a current export consignment permit for that export‑controlled item;

a person on whose behalf a person in sub‑paragraph (i) is exporting the export‑controlled item;

a person exempt from this section under section 320 or 321 in relation to the export of that export‑controlled item.

where the person is an individual —

to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or

where the individual is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or

where the person is not an individual —

to a fine not exceeding $30,000; or

where the person is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $60,000.

is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and

has been convicted or found guilty, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of an offence under subsection (1).