Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN APPRENTICESHIP SUPPORT LOANS ACT 2014 - SECT 73

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is given a notice under section   71; and

  (b)   the person refuses or fails to comply with the notice.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).