Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00156:section:40ya
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 40YA
Character Range: 189507–190180

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.