Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations (1) A person commits
an offence if the person does not:
(a) comply with a
notice under paragraph 20.10 (1) (a) requiring the person to
complete and serve a Financial Statement;
(b) comply with an
order that the person complete and file a Financial Statement or produce
copies of documents to the payee (see paragraph 20.10 (1) (b));
(c) if the person is
served with an enforcement hearing application:
(i) comply with
subparagraph 20.12 (1) (a) (ii) and paragraph 20.12 (1) (b); and
(ii) attend the
enforcement hearing in accordance with the application or an order; or
(d) on attending an
enforcement hearing in accordance with an enforcement hearing application or
order, answer a question put to the person to the court’s satisfaction.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) An offence against
subrule (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note A court may issue a warrant for the arrest of a payer
if it is satisfied that the payer has received an enforcement hearing
application and did not attend the enforcement hearing (see rule 21.16).
(3) If a person is
prosecuted under section 112AP of the Act for an act or omission mentioned in
subrule (1), an application must not be made under subrule (1) in respect of
that act or omission.