Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (REGISTRATION AND COLLECTION) ACT 1988 - SECT 95H

  (1)   If the ART reasonably believes that a person has information that is relevant to an ART review and the person is not a party to the review, the ART may, by written notice given to the person, require the person to give to the ART, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such information.

Note:   Section   74 of the ART Act deals with the ART's power to summon a person to give evidence or produce documents.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the ART gives the person a notice under subsection   (1); and

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

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.

  (3)   Subsection   (2) does not apply if complying with the notice might tend to incriminate the person.

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