sec.117Offence to contravene certification requirement

sec.117 Offence to contravene certification requirement

A person of whom a certification requirement is made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a certification requirement if complying might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty. When making a certification requirement, the authorised officer must give the person an offence warning for the requirement. If a person fails to comply with a certification requirement when the authorised officer has failed to give the person an offence warning under subsection (3) , the person may not be convicted of the offence against subsection (1) . In this section— certification requirement means a requirement under section 115 (3) . (sec.117-ssec.1) A person of whom a certification requirement is made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.117-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a certification requirement if complying might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty. (sec.117-ssec.3) When making a certification requirement, the authorised officer must give the person an offence warning for the requirement. (sec.117-ssec.4) If a person fails to comply with a certification requirement when the authorised officer has failed to give the person an offence warning under subsection (3) , the person may not be convicted of the offence against subsection (1) . (sec.117-ssec.5) In this section— certification requirement means a requirement under section 115 (3) .