sec.598Offence to contravene information requirement

sec.598 Offence to contravene information requirement

A person of whom an information requirement is made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to give the information if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty. However, subsection (2) does not apply if information the subject of the information requirement is required to be held or kept under this Act. In this section— information includes a document. (sec.598-ssec.1) A person of whom an information requirement is made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.598-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to give the information if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty. (sec.598-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if information the subject of the information requirement is required to be held or kept under this Act. (sec.598-ssec.4) In this section— information includes a document.