(1) A person must not in any way defraud or attempt to defraud an insurer.Penalty—Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment.
(2) If conduct that constitutes an offence defined in subsection (1) is recurrent so that, but for this subsection, each instance of the conduct would constitute a separate offence, 2 or more instances of the conduct are to be taken to constitute but 1 offence committed over a period specified in the complaint laid in relation to the conduct, and may be charged and be dealt with on 1 complaint.