Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not supply goods or services to an authorized officer if:
(a) the person, either alone or in conjunction with another person, is the occupier of a registered establishment; or
(b) the person is an employee or agent of such a person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
(1AA) Subsection (1) does not apply to conduct that is approved in writing by the Secretary.
Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1AA). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
(1A) An authorized officer must not receive goods or services supplied to him or her by:
(a) a person who, either alone or in conjunction with another person, is the occupier of a registered establishment; or
(b) an employee or agent of such a person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
(1B) Subsection (1A) does not apply if the supply of the goods or services has been approved in writing by the Secretary under subsection (1AA).
Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1B). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
(2) An offence against this section is punishable on summary conviction.
(3) In this section:
"goods" includes any article, substance or commodity.
"occupier" , in relation to a registered establishment, means the individual, corporation or other legal entity (or any combination of these) in whose name the registered establishment is registered.