Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00084:clause:1_40ya
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00084
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 40YA
Character Range: 75186–75864

40YA  Victimisation

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person causes, or threatens to cause, detriment to another person (the victim) on the ground that the victim, or any other person:
 (a) has given, or may give, information under this Part; or
 (b) has produced, or may produce, a document, record or thing to a person under this Part.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a threat may be:
 (a) express or implied; or
 (b) conditional or unconditional.

 (3) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), it is not necessary to prove that the person threatened actually feared that the threat would be carried out.