Failure to provide documents
154 Failure to provide documents
A person commits an offence if:
the person is required under this Act (other than section 46D) or the regulations to provide a document (including a statement or return) to the Regulator or to another person within a specified time or by a specified date; and
the person does not provide the document by the specified time or the specified date (as the case requires).
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility and Part IA of the Crimes Act 1914 contains general principles relating to penalties.
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
A person commits an offence if:
the person is required under this Act (other than section 46D) or the regulations to provide a document (including a statement or return) to the Regulator or to another person within a specified time or by a specified date; and
the person does not provide the document by the specified time or the specified date (as the case requires).
Penalty: 6 months imprisonment.
Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001 · under s 161
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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