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Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995
40GCompliance with information direction
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#### 40G Compliance with information direction
40G Compliance with information direction
> > (1) A person must not without reasonable excuse fail to comply with an information direction given to the person.
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> > Maximum penalty—500 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 100 penalty units in any other case.
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> > (2) A person must not in purported compliance with an information direction given to the person provide information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
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> > Maximum penalty—500 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 100 penalty units in any other case.
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> > (3) Compliance with an information direction is required even if compliance would breach a duty of confidentiality. A duty of confidentiality is not a reasonable excuse for failure to comply with an information direction.
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> > (4) The provision of information that would otherwise constitute a breach of a duty of confidentiality does not constitute such a breach if the information is provided in compliance with an information direction.
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> **pt 3A, div 3 (ss 40E–40G):** Ins 2012 No 101, Sch 6.3 \[5\].