Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00672:section:134
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00672
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 134
Character Range: 135948–137136

134  Failure to comply with requirements of Registrar
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is subject to a requirement to:
 (i) appear as a witness before the Registrar, having been offered reasonable expenses to appear; or
 (ii) answer a question put by the Registrar; or
 (iii) produce a document or article to the Registrar; or
 (iv) be sworn or make an affirmation in proceedings before the Registrar; and
 (b) the person engages in conduct; and
 (c) the person knows or is reckless as to whether the person's conduct contravenes the requirement.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a lawful excuse.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
 (3) A person is excused from the requirements of paragraph (1)(a) if those requirements might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
 (4) In this section:
engage in conduct means:
 (a) do an act; or
 (b) omit to do an act.