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Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997
45ECompliance requirement—employers
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#### 45E Compliance requirement—employers
(1) An employer must deal with payments and information relating to an employee, for whose benefit a contribution to an RSA is to be made, in a manner that complies with any applicable:
(a) regulations made under this Part; and
(b) data and payment standards relating to RSAs.
> Note: Section 288‑110 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 provides an administrative penalty for contravention of this subsection.
Strict liability offence
(2) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
> Note: For offences of strict liability, see subsection 6.1(1) of the Criminal Code.
(3) A contravention of subsection (1) does not affect the validity of a transaction.