Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999
49After subsection 61(2)
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49 After subsection 61(2)
(2A) A body corporate is guilty of an offence if:
(a) under subsection (1), APRA has appointed a person to investigate and report on prudential matters in relation to the body corporate; and
(b) the body corporate:
(i) does not give the person access to its books, accounts and documents; or
(ii) fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (2) for the provision of information or facilities; and
(c) there is no order in force under section 11 determining that this subsection does not apply to the body corporate.
Note 2: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.
(2B) If a body corporate does or fails to do an act in circumstances that give rise to the body corporate committing an offence against subsection (2A), the body corporate is guilty of an offence against that subsection in respect of:
(b) each subsequent day (if any) on which the circumstances that gave rise to the body corporate committing the offence continue (including the day of conviction for any such offence or any later day).
Note: This subsection is not intended to imply that section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914 does not apply to offences against this Act or the regulations.