Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00185:section:1211b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00185
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1211B
Character Range: 4918606–4919831

1211B  Compliance with the Passport Rules
 (1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) an obligation is imposed on the person in relation to an Australian passport fund under the Passport Rules for this jurisdiction; and
 (b) the person does not comply with the obligation.
 (2) A person contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) an obligation is imposed on the person in relation to a notified foreign passport fund under the Passport Rules for this jurisdiction; and
 (b) the person does not comply with the obligation; and
 (c) the failure to comply results, or is likely to result, in a person in this jurisdiction who holds an interest in the fund suffering financial or other disadvantage.
 (3) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1) or (2).
Penalty:
 (a) for an individual—5 years imprisonment, 2,000 penalty units, or both; and
 (b) for a body corporate—20,000 penalty units.
 (4) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection (1) or (2).
 Penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (5) Section 15.1 of the Criminal Code (extended geographical jurisdiction—category A) applies to an offence against subsection (3) or (4).

Part 8A.3—Australian passport funds