Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00173:section:148
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00173
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 148
Character Range: 179846–180579

148  Refusing or failing to comply with requirements
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) a requirement is made of the person under section 128, 129 or 132; and
 (b) the person fails to comply with the requirement.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Note: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.
 (2) However, a person is only required to comply with a requirement referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to the extent that the person is capable of doing so.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).