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PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION) ACT 2015 - SECT 148

Refusing or failing to comply with requirements

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   a requirement is made of the person under section   128, 129 or 132; and

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

Penalty:   30 penalty units.

Note:   If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection   4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.

  (2)   However, a person is only required to comply with a requirement referred to in paragraph   (1)(a) to the extent that the person is capable of doing so.

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



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