Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00131:section:38dc
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00131
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 38DC
Character Range: 101567–102255

38DC  Contravening order or direction: offence
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the Authority or another body gives the person an order or direction under the regulations; and
 (b) the order or direction is of a kind declared by the regulations to be an order or direction to which this section applies; and
 (c) the person engages in conduct; and
 (d) the conduct contravenes the order or direction.
Penalty: 500 penalty units.
 (2) Absolute liability applies to paragraphs (1)(a) and (b).
Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.
 (3) The fault element for paragraph (1)(d) is negligence.
Note: For negligence, see section 5.5 of the Criminal Code.