Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:127:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 127 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 1615614–1617586

specified in the notice; or
 (b) requires the person to give the Department a statement relating to a matter referred to in paragraph (1)(f) that is specified in the notice;
is to be lodged at an office of the Department in Australia in accordance with section 5T and is taken to have been lodged on a day determined under that section.
 (3) The period for compliance specified in a notice in accordance with subsection (1) shall not be less than 14 days.
 (3A) A notice under subsection (1) may specify an event or change of circumstances by referring to an event or change of circumstance set out in a document referred to in the notice (being a document a copy of which is served on the person with the notice) and, if the notice does so, the event or change of circumstances shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to be specified in the notice.
 (3B) Where a notice under subsection (1) specifies an event or change of circumstances by referring to an event or change of circumstances set out in a document, it may specify the period within which notification of the occurrence, or likely occurrence, of the event or change of circumstances is to be furnished to the Department by reference to the period set out in that document in respect of that event or change of circumstances and, if the notice does so, the period shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to be specified in the notice.
 (4) A person who has been given a notice under subsection (1) must not fail to comply with the notice.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units, or both.
 (5) An offence under subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (6) Subsection (4) does not apply to the extent that the person is not capable of complying with the notice.
Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (6). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.