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NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME ACT 2013 - SECT 57 Offence--refusal or failure to comply with requirement

NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME ACT 2013 - SECT 57

Offence--refusal or failure to comply with requirement

  (1)   A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under section   55 or 55A to give information or produce a document.

Penalty:   30 penalty units.

Note:   If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection   4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection: see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .

  (3)   It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to refuse or fail to give information or produce a document on the ground that to do so might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty.