Territory Records Act 2002
5AOffences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc
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5A Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc Other legislation applies in relation to offences against this Act. Note 1 Criminal Code The Criminal Code, ch 2 applies to the offences against this Act. The chapter sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility (including burdens of proof and general defences), and defines terms used for offences to which the Code applies (eg conduct, intention, recklessness and strict liability). Note 2 Penalty units The Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units. 6 Application of Act (1) This Act, except for the following provisions, does not apply to records that are health records: (a) section 16; (b) section 17; (c) section 19; (d) section 21. (2) This Act does not apply to records of the human rights commission in relation to— (a) a complaint made to the commission under the Health Records Act, section 18; or (b) the exercise of a function under the Human Rights Commission Act 2005 in relation to a complaint mentioned in paragraph (a).