CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 61
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 61
61 . Data access order, effect of
(1) A data access
order has effect according to its contents.
(2) A person who is
served with a data access order and who, without reasonable excuse (the onus
of proving which is on the person), does not obey it commits a crime.
Penalty: imprisonment for 5 years.
Summary conviction penalty: a fine of $24 000 and
imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) It is not a
defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (2) that information
required to be given under the data access order would or may have
incriminated the accused.