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CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) ACT 1988 - SECT 121

Order to comply with requirement

  (1)   Where:

  (a)   a person is convicted before a court of an offence against:

  (i)   subsection   47(3A) in relation to the refusal or failure of the person to comply, in whole or in part, with the requirement under paragraph   47(1)(b); or

  (ii)   subsection   120(3) in relation to the refusal or failure of the person to comply, in whole or in part, with a requirement referred to in that subsection; or

  (b)   a court makes an order under section   19B of the Crimes Act 1914 in relation to a person in relation to such an offence;

the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty on the person or making such an order in relation to the person, as the case may be, and even though the time for complying with the requirement or any other such requirement has passed, order the person to comply with:

  (c)   the requirement; and

  (d)   such other requirements made, or that could be made, in relation to the person by or under this Act as the court considers necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the first - mentioned requirement;

within a specified time or at a specified place and time.

  (2)   Where an order under subsection   (1) is not given orally by the court to the person to whom the order is addressed, the proper officer of the court shall cause a copy of the order to be served on the person in the prescribed manner.

  (3)   A person who contravenes an order under subsection   (1) commits an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units, or both.

  (4)   Strict liability applies to the element of an offence against subsection   (3) that an order is an order under subsection   (1).



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