Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00909:clause:1_153
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00909
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 153
Character Range: 45585–46250

153  After subsection 8(2)
Insert:

 (2A) Strict liability applies to the following elements of an offence against subsection (2):
 (a) the element that an acquisition of information is an acquisition by reason of the first‑mentioned person's office or employment under or for the purposes of the repealed Act or by virtue of the operation of this Act;
 (b) the element that a document is a document furnished for the purposes of the repealed Act or under an engagement, arrangement or contract referred to in section 6 of this Act.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
Senate on 22 August 2001
House of Representatives on 27 September 2001]

(156/01)