Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL MEASUREMENT ACT 1960 - SECT 18MI

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a person gives a trade measurement inspector a book, record or document in response to a request under subsection   18MH(1); and

  (b)   all or part of the book, record or document is in a language other than English;

the inspector may ask the person to give a statement within a reasonable period and written in the English language, setting out those particulars in the book, document or record that are not written in English.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a person gives a trade measurement inspector a book, record or document in response to a request under subsection   18MH(2) or (3); and

  (b)   all or part of the book, record or document is in a language other than English;

the inspector may require the person to give a statement within a reasonable period and written in the English language, setting out those particulars in the book, document or record that are not written in English.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if the person refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under subsection   (2).

Penalty:   200 penalty units.

  (4)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under subsection   (2).

Penalty:   40 penalty units.

Note:   For strict liability, see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

  (5)   A person is excused from complying with a requirement of subsection   (2) if the answer to the question or the production of the document might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (5), see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .