Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MEDICAL INDEMNITY ACT 2002 - SECT 74A

             (1)  This section applies if a medical indemnity insurer or an MDO is required to comply with paragraph 66A(4)(a), (c) or (d).

             (2)  The medical indemnity insurer or MDO commits an offence if the medical indemnity insurer or MDO fails to comply with the requirement.

Penalty:  30 penalty units.

             (3)  An individual is excused from complying with the request if the giving of the information might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty.

             (4)  An offence against this section is an offence of strict liability.

Note:          For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .