45A

Offence to contravene regulations

Current

(1)

A person commits an offence if:

(a)

regulations made under section 23 require the person to comply with a requirement relating to the storage, handling or destruction of national security information; and

(b)

the person engages in conduct; and

(c)

the conduct results in the requirement being contravened; and

(d)

the contravention of the requirement is likely to prejudice national security.

Penalty: 6 months imprisonment.

(2)

In this section:

engage in conduct means:

(a)

do an act; or

(b)

omit to perform an act.

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