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Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
72WCertain people must produce authority to depart
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#### 72W Certain people must produce authority to depart
(1) If:
(a) a departure prohibition order in respect of a person is in force; and
(b) the person is about to depart from Australia for a foreign country; and
(c) the person’s departure is authorised by a departure authorisation certificate;
the person must give a copy of the certificate to an authorised officer for inspection, if requested to do so by the authorised officer.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) an authorised officer requests under subsection (1) that the person give a copy of a departure authorisation certificate to the officer; and
(b) the person refuses or fails to comply with the request.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.