Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not use a Commonwealth authority credit card, Commonwealth authority credit card number or Commonwealth authority credit voucher to obtain cash, goods or services otherwise than for the authority.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a particular use of a Commonwealth authority credit card, Commonwealth authority credit card number or Commonwealth authority credit voucher if:
(a) the use is authorised by the regulations; and
(b) the authority is reimbursed in accordance with the regulations.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2), see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), an amount that is to be reimbursed to the authority is a debt due to the authority and is recoverable by the authority in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) In this section:
"Commonwealth authority credit card" means a credit card issued to the Commonwealth authority to enable the authority to obtain cash, goods or services on credit.
"Commonwealth authority credit voucher" means a credit voucher issued to the Commonwealth authority to enable the authority to obtain goods or services on credit.