Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES CONVENTION ACT 1998 - SECT 22

(1)

This section applies to a person if the Minister has reason to believe that the person has information or a document that is relevant to:

(a)

the administration or enforcement of this Act; or

(b)

Australia's obligation to report under Article 7 of the Convention; or

(c)

Australia's obligation to provide information under Article 8 of the Convention.

(2)

The Minister may, by written notice given to the person, require the person:

(a)

to give to the Minister, within the period and in the manner and form specified in the notice, any such information; or

(b)

to produce to the Minister, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such documents; or

(c)

to make copies of any such documents and to produce to the Minister, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, those copies.

(3)

A person is guilty of an offence if:

(a)

the person is subject to a requirement covered by subsection (2); and

(b)

the person recklessly contravenes the requirement.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.