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Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997
162Court may order the disclosure of information or the publication of advertisements—contravention of provisions relating to provision of RSAs etc.
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#### 162 Court may order the disclosure of information or the publication of advertisements—contravention of provisions relating to provision of RSAs etc.
(1) If a person (the alleged offender) has engaged, is engaging or is proposing to engage in conduct in contravention of Part 5 or 7, the Court may, on the Regulator’s application, make an order or orders under either or both of subsections (2) and (3).
(2) The Court may make an order:
(a) requiring the alleged offender, or a person involved in the contravention, to disclose information to:
(i) the public; or
(ii) a specified person; or
(iii) persons included in a specified class of persons; and
(b) specifying the information, or the kind of information, that is to be disclosed, being information:
(i) in the possession of the person to whom the order is directed; or
(ii) to which that person has access; and
(c) specifying the way in which it is to be disclosed.
(3) The Court may make an order:
(a) requiring the alleged offender, or a person involved in the contravention, to publish advertisements and pay the expenses; and
(b) specifying the terms of the advertisements, or the way in which the terms of the advertisements are to be determined; and
(c) specifying the way in which, and times at which, the advertisements are to be published.
(4) A person who intentionally or recklessly contravenes an order under subsection (2) or (3) commits an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term of not more than 6 months.
> Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.