What if more information is needed from the consumer?
133AE What if more information is needed from the consumer?
When this section applies
This section applies if:
a licensee is required by section 133AD to provide a consumer with a Key Facts Sheet for a standard home loan; but
the licensee does not have all the information from the consumer that the licensee needs in order to be able to prepare the Key Facts Sheet.
Requirement
The licensee must, in accordance with any requirements prescribed by the regulations, tell the consumer what information the licensee needs in order to be able to prepare the Key Facts Sheet.
Civil penalty: 5,000 penalty units.
Offence
A person commits an offence if:
the person is subject to a requirement under subsection (2); and
the person engages in conduct; and
the conduct contravenes the requirement.
Criminal penalty: 50 penalty units.
Defence for subsections 133AD(2) and (3)
For the purposes of applying subsections 133AD(2) and (3) to a failure by a licensee to provide a Key Facts Sheet to a consumer, it is a defence if:
the licensee has, in accordance with subsection (2) of this section, told the consumer what information the licensee needs in order to be able to prepare the Key Facts Sheet; and
the consumer has not provided that information to the licensee.
For the purpose of subsection 133AD(3), a defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
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