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Section : Basic contravention
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified

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  • (1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
  1. (a) the person is required to give information, answer a question or produce a document or record under this Act; and
  2. (b) the person refuses or fails to do so. Civil penalty: 60 penalty units. Multiple contraventions (1AA) A person commits an offence if:
  • (a) the person is a corporation; and
  • (b) the person engages in conduct that constitutes a system of conduct or a pattern of behaviour; and
  • (c) the system of conduct or pattern of behaviour results in 2 or more contraventions of subsection (1).
  • (1A) For the purposes of subsection (1B), a journalist has a reasonable excuse if giving the information, answering the question or producing the document or record would tend to reveal the identity of a person who gave information or a document or record to the journalist in confidence.
  • (1B) Subsection (1) or (1AA) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse. Penalty: 300 penalty units. Note:

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