Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if section 14, 26, 38, 45, 46 or 55 requires a person to notify the Chief Executive Medicare of a matter within a particular period.
(2) The person commits an offence if the person fails to notify the Chief Executive Medicare of the matter within that period.
(3) An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability. However, strict liability does not apply to the physical element described in paragraph 26(1)(b) or 38(1)(b).
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .