14Breach of authorisation conditions

#### 14 Breach of authorisation conditions (1) A general insurer commits an offence if: (a) the insurer does an act or fails to do an act; and (b) doing the act or failing to do the act results in a contravention of a condition of the insurer’s authorisation under section 12; and (c) there is no determination in force under subsection 7(1) that this subsection does not apply to the insurer. Penalty: 300 penalty units. (1A) If an individual: (a) commits an offence against subsection (1) because of Part 2.4 of the Criminal Code; or (b) commits an offence under Part 2.4 of the Criminal Code in relation to an offence against subsection (1); he or she is punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 60 penalty units. (2) An offence against this section is an offence of strict liability. > Note 1: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code. > Note 2: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.