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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.528Offence to contravene help requirement
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### sec.528 Offence to contravene help requirement
A person of whom a help requirement under section 527 has been made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a help requirement if complying might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty.
However, subsection (2) does not apply if a document or information the subject of the help requirement is required to be held or kept by the person under this Act.
s 528 sub 2013 No. 52 s 94
(sec.528-ssec.1) A person of whom a help requirement under section 527 has been made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.528-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a help requirement if complying might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty.
(sec.528-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if a document or information the subject of the help requirement is required to be held or kept by the person under this Act.