86Failure to comply with ACAT orders

86 Failure to comply with ACAT orders (1) A party to a hearing must not fail to comply with an order of the ACAT. (2) If a person contravenes subsection (1), the ACAT may order the person to pay a stated amount (not more than $5 000) to the Territory. (3) A person commits an offence if— (a) the person contravenes subsection (1) (the first contravention); and (b) the ACAT makes an order under subsection (2) in relation to the first contravention; and (c) within 1 year immediately after the day the first contravention happens, the person again contravenes subsection (1) (the subsequent contravention); and (d) the first and subsequent contraventions are not against orders arising from the same proceeding. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse for the first or subsequent contravention.