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CRIMINAL PROCEEDS CONFISCATION ACT 2002 - SECT 249E Financial institution must comply with a notice

CRIMINAL PROCEEDS CONFISCATION ACT 2002 - SECT 249E

Financial institution must comply with a notice

249E Financial institution must comply with a notice

(1) A financial institution must comply with a notice given to it under section 249B .
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—2,500 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) for the financial institution to prove it—
(a) could not reasonably comply with the notice within the time stated in the notice; and
(b) took reasonable steps to comply with the notice; and
(c) gave the advice stated in the notice as soon as practicable after the financial institution was required to give the advice as stated in the notice.