24Directions on failure to comply with conditions

#### 24 Directions on failure to comply with conditions (1) The Reserve Bank may give a direction to a corporation that has been granted an authority under section 23 if the Reserve Bank considers that the corporation has failed to comply with a condition of the authority. (2) The direction is to require the corporation to take specified action, or to refrain from specified action, as the Reserve Bank considers appropriate having regard to the failure. (3) The direction may deal with the time by which, or the period during which, it is to be complied with. (4) The direction is to be given by notice in writing given to the corporation. (5) The corporation commits an offence if: (a) the corporation does, or fails to do, an act; and (b) doing, or failing to do, the act results in a contravention of the direction; and (c) the doing of the act, or the failure to do the act, occurs at a time when; (i) the authority referred to in subsection (1) is still in force; and (ii) the corporation is the holder of the stored value of one or more purchased payment facilities of the class to which that authority applies. Penalty: 50 penalty units. > Note 1: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility. > Note 2: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above. (6) If a contravention of the direction occurs in circumstances that give rise to the corporation committing an offence against subsection (5), the corporation commits an offence against that subsection in respect of: (a) the day on which the contravention occurs; and (b) each subsequent day (if any) on which the contravention continues (including the day of conviction for any such offence or any later day). > Note: This subsection is not intended to imply that section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914 does not apply to offences against this Act or the regulations. (7) The direction: (a) comes into force: (i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies—on the day on which it is given; or (ii) if the instrument giving the direction specifies a later day as the day on which it comes into force—on the day so specified; and (b) continues in force until it is revoked. (8) The Reserve Bank may revoke the direction by notice in writing to the corporation if, at the time of revocation, it considers that the direction is no longer necessary or appropriate.