Community Services Act 2007
sec.44Offence to contravene information requirement or certification requirement
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sec.44 Offence to contravene information requirement or certification requirement
An entity of whom an information requirement or certification requirement is made must comply with the requirement unless the entity has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to give the information if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty. If a court convicts a person of an offence against subsection (1) , the court may also order the person to give to a stated chief executive or authorised officer, within a stated time and in a stated way, the information to which the information requirement related. s 44 sub 2014 No. 12 s 14 (sec.44-ssec.1) An entity of whom an information requirement or certification requirement is made must comply with the requirement unless the entity has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.44-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to give the information if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty. (sec.44-ssec.3) If a court convicts a person of an offence against subsection (1) , the court may also order the person to give to a stated chief executive or authorised officer, within a stated time and in a stated way, the information to which the information requirement related.