140Notice of departure from Australia etc.

#### 140 Notice of departure from Australia etc. (1) This section applies to a person to whom payments of compensation under section 31 are being made, and have been made for a period of 3 months or longer, by an employer. (2) If the person proposes to leave Australia (whether or not he or she intends to return), the person may give the employer a written notice: (a) stating that the person proposes to leave Australia; and (b) specifying the day on which the person proposes to leave. (3) If the person has left Australia (whether or not he or she proposes to return) without giving a notice under subsection (2), the person must, within 7 days after the day on which he or she left Australia, send the employer a written notice: (a) stating that the person has left Australia; and (b) specifying the day on which the person did so. Penalty: 5 penalty units. (4) If the person is absent from Australia for longer than 3 months, the person must: (a) within 7 days after the end of the period of 3 months starting on the day on which the person left Australia; and (b) within 7 days after the end of each successive period of 3 months (if any) that ends while the person is still absent from Australia; give the employer, as the case requires, a written notice setting out particulars of the person’s residential address on the day on which the notice is given. Penalty: 5 penalty units. (5) Subsections (3) and (4) are offences of strict liability. > Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.