29Improper influence with respect to provision of declarations

29 Improper influence with respect to provision of declarations

29 Improper influence with respect to provision of declarations

(1) A registered practitioner must not, on an understanding that the practitioner will act otherwise than impartially in the provision of a compliance declaration, seek or accept, or offer or agree to accept, a benefit of any kind, whether on the practitioner’s own behalf or on behalf of any other person.

Maximum penalty—2,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) A person must not, on an understanding that a registered practitioner will act otherwise than impartially in the provision of a compliance declaration, give, or offer or agree to give, a benefit of any kind, whether to the practitioner or to any other person.

Maximum penalty—2,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(3) A person must not unduly influence, or attempt to unduly influence, a registered practitioner for the purpose of prevailing on the practitioner to act otherwise than impartially in the provision of a compliance declaration.

Maximum penalty—2,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3), a person is taken to have unduly influenced a registered practitioner if the person—

(a) alters, or threatens to alter, the position of the practitioner to the practitioner’s detriment, or

(b) fails to pay, or threatens to fail to pay, remuneration payable to the practitioner.