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Medical Indemnity Act 2002
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#### 46 Failing to notify
(1) This section applies if section 25, 34J, 34U, 34ZK, 34ZT, 34ZU, 34ZZP or 34ZZZA requires a person to notify the Chief Executive Medicare of a matter within a particular period.
(2) The person commits an offence if the person fails to notify the Chief Executive Medicare of the matter within that period.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability. However, strict liability does not apply to the physical element described in paragraph 34J(1)(b), 34U(1)(b), 34ZK(1)(b), 34ZZP(1)(b) or 34ZZZA(1)(b).
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.