Strict liability offence—failure to comply with direction to display notice of disqualification
20E Strict liability offence—failure to comply with direction to display notice of disqualification
A person commits an offence if:
the person is a disqualified practitioner or a partly disqualified practitioner; and
an instrument is served on the practitioner under section 20D; and
the instrument contains a direction; and
the person fails to comply with the direction.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) commits a separate offence in respect of each day (including the day of a conviction under this section or any later day) during which the offence continues.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (4): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
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