76AOFailure to comply with digital evidence access order

76AO Failure to comply with digital evidence access order

76AO Failure to comply with digital evidence access order

(1) A specified person for a digital evidence access order must not, without reasonable excuse—

(a) fail to comply with a direction given, in accordance with the order, by the executing officer for the order, or

(b) give the executing officer information that is false or misleading in a material particular in purported compliance with a direction given by the executing officer, unless the person informs the executing officer the information is false or misleading.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years, or both.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), it is not a reasonable excuse for a specified person for a digital evidence access order to fail to comply with the order or a requirement made in accordance with the order on the ground that complying with the order or the requirement would tend to incriminate the person or otherwise expose the person to a penalty.

s 76AO: Ins 2022 No 47, Sch 1[5].