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RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) ACT 2000 - SECT 154

Failure to provide documents

  (1)   A person commits 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 Part   IA of the Crimes Act 1914 contains general principles relating to penalties.

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

  (3)   A person commits 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.


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