s 51 Unlicensed export of export-controlled item
51.—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a) the person exports an object or a thing; (b) the object or thing is an export‑controlled item to which this Part applies; (c) the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the object or thing is an export‑controlled item; and (d) the person is not one of the following:(i) a holder of both a current licence to export and a current export consignment permit for that export‑controlled item; (ii) a person on whose behalf a person in sub‑paragraph (i) is exporting the export‑controlled item; (iii) a person exempt from this section under section 320 or 321 in relation to the export of that export‑controlled item. (2) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —(a) where the person is an individual —(i) to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or (ii) 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 (b) where the person is not an individual —(i) to a fine not exceeding $30,000; or (ii) where the person is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $60,000. (3) In subsection (2), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence under subsection (1), means a person who —(a) is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and (b) 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).