Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:2:p17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 17/45)
Character Range: 696023–698634

offence that a person commits by virtue of this section, means:
 (a) if the information relating to the offence specifies a day in relation to the offence for the purposes of this section, being a day not later than the day on which the information is laid—the day the information so specifies; or
 (b) in any other case—the day on which the information relating to the offence is laid.
required includes directed.
secondary derivative offence, in relation to failure to do an act, means an offence or further offence that a person, in relation to failure to do the act, commits by virtue of paragraph (4)(c) or (d).
substantive offence, in relation to failure to do an act, means:
 (a) a primary substantive offence in relation to failure to do the act; or
 (b) a further offence that a person, in relation to failure to do the act, commits by virtue of subsection (3).
 (7) For the purposes of subsection (4), a provision of this Act is, whether or not it expressly provides as mentioned in paragraph (4)(a), taken to provide that a person who is or was involved in a contravention constituted by a failure to do an act required by the provision contravenes or contravened that provision.

566‑15  Time for instituting criminal proceedings
  Despite anything in any other law, proceedings for an offence against this Act may be instituted:
 (a) within the period of 5 years after the act or omission alleged to constitute the offence; or
 (b) with the Minister's consent, at any later time.

566‑20  Privilege against self‑incrimination not available to bodies corporate in certain proceedings
 (1) This section applies to a proceeding in a court when exercising jurisdiction in respect of a criminal matter arising under this Act.
 (2) In the proceeding, a body corporate is not entitled to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement:
 (a) to answer a question or give information; or
 (b) to produce a book or any other thing; or
 (c) to do any other act whatever;
on the ground that the answer or information, production of the book or other thing, or doing that other act, as the case may be, might tend:
 (d) to incriminate the body (whether in respect of an offence to which the proceeding relates or otherwise); or
 (e) to make the body liable to a penalty (whether in respect of anything to which the proceeding relates or otherwise).
 (3) Subsection (2) applies whether or not the body concerned is a defendant in the proceeding or in any other proceeding.

566‑25  Certain persons to assist in prosecutions
 (1) If a prosecution in respect of an offence against this Act has been instituted, or the