OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 372 Obligation to comply with request under section 367, 368, 370 or 371

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 372

  (1)   A person must not fail to comply with a request under section   367, 368, 370 or 371.

Penalty :   100 penalty units.

  (1A)   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 subsection   ( 1A), see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .

  (2)   A person is not excused from complying with the request on the ground that complying with the request might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

Note:   Section   373 provides immunity for the response to the request.

  (3)   A person must not give false or misleading information:

  (a)   in response to a request under section   367 or 368; or

  (b)   in response to a question asked under subsection   368(1).

Penalty for contravention of this subsection :   100 penalty units.