Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00154:section:162
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00154
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 162
Character Range: 191610–193221

162  Court may order the disclosure of information or the publication of advertisements—contravention of provisions relating to provision of RSAs etc.
 (1) If a person (the alleged offender) has engaged, is engaging or is proposing to engage in conduct in contravention of Part 5 or 7, the Court may, on the Regulator's application, make an order or orders under either or both of subsections (2) and (3).
 (2) The Court may make an order:
 (a) requiring the alleged offender, or a person involved in the contravention, to disclose information to:
 (i) the public; or
 (ii) a specified person; or
 (iii) persons included in a specified class of persons; and
 (b) specifying the information, or the kind of information, that is to be disclosed, being information:
 (i) in the possession of the person to whom the order is directed; or
 (ii) to which that person has access; and
 (c) specifying the way in which it is to be disclosed.
 (3) The Court may make an order:
 (a) requiring the alleged offender, or a person involved in the contravention, to publish advertisements and pay the expenses; and
 (b) specifying the terms of the advertisements, or the way in which the terms of the advertisements are to be determined; and
 (c) specifying the way in which, and times at which, the advertisements are to be published.
 (4) A person who intentionally or recklessly contravenes an order under subsection (2) or (3) commits an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term of not more than 6 months.
Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.