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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Fees, offences and penalties, regulations, and other miscellaneous provisions - Offences

140: Other offences

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"Breaking the rules in the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Act can lead to fines."

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You commit an offence if you break a rule in the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021. You also commit an offence if someone tells you about a rule and you refuse to give the information required by the Act. If you commit one of these offences, you can be fined up to $1,000. You can be fined different amounts for breaking other rules in the Act. For example, you can be fined up to $50,000 for breaking certain rules, such as those in section 116(7) or clause 13 of Schedule 1. You can be fined up to $10,000 for breaking the rule in section 40. This section does not change or affect section 150 of the Crimes Act 1961. You can be fined up to $1,000 for breaking other rules in the Act. These fines are for when you break a rule on purpose or do not follow the rules.

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Part 6Fees, offences and penalties, regulations, and other miscellaneous provisions
Offences

140Other offences

  1. A person commits an offence if the person—

  2. acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, any provision of this Act (other than a provision requiring the person to give a notice or provide information):
    1. having had the relevant provision of this Act drawn to the person’s attention, fails or refuses to provide any information required by this Act to be provided.

      1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1)(a) or (b) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

      2. A person who commits any other offence against this Act is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding—

      3. $50,000, for a contravention of, or failure to comply with, section 116(7) or clause 13 of Schedule 1:
        1. $10,000, for a contravention of, or failure to comply with, section 40:
          1. $1,000, for a contravention of, or failure to comply with, a provision of this Act other than section 40 or 116(7) or clause 13 of Schedule 1.

            1. Nothing in this section limits or affects section 150 of the Crimes Act 1961.

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