134Failure to comply with requirements of Registrar

134 Failure to comply with requirements of Registrar

(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is subject to a requirement to: (i) appear as a witness before the Registrar, having been offered reasonable expenses to appear; or (ii) answer a question put by the Registrar; or (iii) produce a document or article to the Registrar; or (iv) be sworn or make an affirmation in proceedings before the Registrar; and (b) the person engages in conduct; and (c) the person knows or is reckless as to whether the person’s conduct contravenes the requirement.

Penalty: 30 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a lawful excuse.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

(3) A person is excused from the requirements of paragraph (1)(a) if those requirements might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.

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

(4) In this section:

engage in conduct means:

(a) do an act; or
(b) omit to do an act.