Persons must notify Corporation of damage to works and other property
35 Persons must notify Corporation of damage to works and other property
For the Act, section 106(2)(b1), a person who damages a work or other property of the Corporation must immediately notify the Corporation of the damage.
Maximum penalty—
for a corporation—200 penalty units, or
otherwise—100 penalty units.
A person is not excused from complying with subsection (1) on the ground that complying might incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.
However, information or a document given by the person in complying is not admissible as evidence against the person in proceedings for an offence or the imposition of a penalty, other than proceedings arising out of the false or misleading nature of the information or document.
Further information obtained as a result of information or a document given by the person in the notice is not admissible in proceedings for an offence or the imposition of a penalty other than proceedings arising out of the false or misleading nature of the further information.
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