Insurance Act 1973
20Breach of conditions on a NOHC authorisation
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20 Breach of conditions on a NOHC authorisation
(1) An authorised NOHC commits an offence if: (a) the NOHC 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 NOHC authorisation; and (c) there is no determination in force under subsection 7(1) that this subsection does not apply to the NOHC.
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.