Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 63, 1994 - SECT 19

19. Section 1316A of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting the Note to subsection (1) and substituting the following
        Penalty and Notes:

"Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years. Note 1: Subsection 4B(2) of the Crimes Act
1914 allows a court to impose an appropriate fine instead of, or in addition
to, a term of imprisonment. If a body corporate is convicted of the offence,
subsection 4B(3) of that Act allows a court to impose a fine of an amount that
is not greater than 5 times the maximum fine that could be imposed by a court
on an individual convicted of the same offence. Note 2: For 'protected
information' and 'officer' see subsection 23(1). Note 3: If a person is guilty
of an offence under subsection (1) and the person is an employee or agent of
another person, the other person may also be guilty of the offence (see
sections 1358A and 1358B).";

   (b)  by omitting subsections (2) and (3).