Continuing offences
84 Continuing offences
This section applies to a provision of this Act or the regulations requiring a person to do, or stop doing, something (a continuing requirement provision), regardless of whether—
the requirement is imposed by a direction or notice or in another way, or
the person must do or stop doing something within a specified period.
A person who is guilty of an offence because the person contravenes a continuing requirement provision—
continues, until the requirement is complied with and despite the fact a specified period has expired or time has passed, to be liable to comply with the requirement, and
is guilty of a continuing offence for each day the contravention continues.
This section does not apply to an offence if the relevant provision of this Act or the regulations does not provide a penalty for a continuing offence.
This section does not apply to the extent that a requirement imposed on a person is revoked.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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