Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) ACT 2000 - SECT 154

             (1)  A person is guilty of an offence if:

                     (a)  the person is required under this Act (other than section 46D) or the regulations to provide a document (including a statement or return) to the Regulator or to another person within a specified time or by a specified date; and

                     (b)  the person does not provide the document by the specified time or the specified date (as the case requires).

Penalty:  30 penalty units.

             (2)  Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note 1:       Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility and Chapter 3 of the Criminal Code contains general principles relating to penalties.

Note 2:       For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .

             (3)  A person is guilty of an offence if:

                     (a)  the person is required under this Act (other than section 46D) or the regulations to provide a document (including a statement or return) to the Regulator or to another person within a specified time or by a specified date; and

                     (b)  the person does not provide the document by the specified time or the specified date (as the case requires).

Penalty:  6 months imprisonment.

Note:          Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.