Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021
27Failure to comply with mandatory testing order
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27 Failure to comply with mandatory testing order
27 Failure to comply with mandatory testing order
(1) A third party in relation to whom a mandatory testing order is made must comply with the order.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if the third party proves that the third party had a reasonable excuse.
(3) If, at the time of being sentenced to imprisonment for an offence under this section, a third party is serving another sentence of imprisonment, the sentence for imprisonment for the offence under this section is to be served consecutively instead of concurrently with the other sentence of imprisonment, unless the court imposing the sentence otherwise directs.