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Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015
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#### 148 Refusing or failing to comply with requirements
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) a requirement is made of the person under section 128, 129 or 132; and
(b) the person fails to comply with the requirement.
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
> Note: 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.
(2) However, a person is only required to comply with a requirement referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to the extent that the person is capable of doing so.
> Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).