Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2024

This section applies to a corporation to whom an improvement or prohibition notice is given.

The director-general may give the corporation a written direction to give information—

reasonably required by the director-general to determine if the corporation has any associated entities to whom a notice may be given; and

within a stated reasonable period.

A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a direction under subsection (2).

for a 1st offence—100 penalty units; or

for a 2nd or subsequent offence—200 penalty units.

Subsection (3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the direction.

The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (4) (see Criminal Code, s 58).