Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00126:clause:1_17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018A00126
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 17
Character Range: 66782–67767

17  Failing to comply with notices
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is given a notice under clause 12; and
 (b) the person fails to comply with the notice.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
Note: Sections 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code also create offences for providing false or misleading information or documents.
 (2) It is a defence to an offence against subclause (1) if:
 (a) the person fails to comply with the notice only because the person does not provide the information or a document within the period specified in the notice; and
 (b) the person took all reasonable steps to provide the information or document within that period; and
 (c) the person provides the information or document as soon as practicable after the end of that period.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subclause (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

Part 3—Disclosure of information