New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 116E

116E Offence of operating business while prohibited

(1) A person who in contravention of a prohibition under this Part operates a business that provides medical services is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

(a) in the case of a corporation, 400 penalty units for a first offence or 800 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence, or

(b) in any other case, 200 penalty units for a first offence or 400 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence.

(2) If a continuing state of affairs is created by an offence against this section the offender is liable to a maximum penalty of:

(a) 100 penalty units in the case of a corporation, or

(b) 50 penalty units in any other case,

in respect of each day on which that offence continues, in addition to the penalty specified in subsection (1).

(3) If medical services are provided on premises on which a business is carried on, it is to be presumed for the purposes of this section, unless the contrary is established, that the business provides those medical services.