Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00826:clause:1_179m
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00826
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 179M
Character Range: 1028890–1029567

179M  Information as to location of goods hired under a consumer lease
 (1) A lessor may, by written notice to a lessee, require the lessee to inform the lessor, within 7 days after the day the notice is given to the lessee, where the goods hired under the consumer lease are and, if the goods are not in the lessee's possession, to give the lessor all information in the lessee's possession that might assist the lessor to trace the goods.
 (2) A lessee who contravenes a notice under this section commits an offence.
Criminal penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (3) Subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.