Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022
119Continuing offences
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119 Continuing offences
119 Continuing offences
(1) This section applies to a provision of this Act or the regulations requiring a person to do, or stop doing, something (a continuing requirement provision) regardless of whether—
(a) the requirement is imposed by a notice or in another way, or
(b) the person is required to do, or stop doing, something within a specified period.
(2) A person who is guilty of an offence because the person contravenes a continuing requirement provision—
(a) continues, until the requirement is complied with and despite the fact a specified period has expired or time has passed, to be liable to comply with the requirement, and
(b) is guilty of a continuing offence for each day the contravention continues.
(3) This section does not apply to an offence if the relevant provision of this Act or the regulations does not provide for a penalty for a continuing offence.
Note—
A provision that has a Tier 1–5 penalty includes a penalty for a continuing offence.
(4) This section does not apply to the extent that a requirement imposed on a person is revoked.