20EStrict liability offence—failure to comply with direction to display notice of disqualification

20E Strict liability offence—failure to comply with direction to display notice of disqualification

(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is a disqualified practitioner or a partly disqualified practitioner; and (b) an instrument is served on the practitioner under section 20D; and (c) the instrument contains a direction; and (d) the person fails to comply with the direction.

Penalty: 1 penalty unit.

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

(3) A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) commits a separate offence in respect of each day (including the day of a conviction under this section or any later day) during which the offence continues. (4) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (4): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.