Queensland Consolidated Acts

BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 288

288 Failure to comply with adjudicator’s order

(1) A person who contravenes an order under this chapter (other than an order for the payment of an amount) commits an offence.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—400 penalty units.

(2) A proceeding for an offence under subsection (1) (other than a proceeding taken by the Attorney-General) may only be taken by—

(a) an applicant for the application for the original order; or

(b) a respondent to the application for the original order; or

(c) a person in whose favour the order mentioned in subsection (1) is made; or

(d) the body corporate; or

(e) an administrator appointed under this chapter who is authorised to perform obligations of the body corporate or its committee.

(3) Costs awarded against a defendant in a proceeding under this section may include the amount of the fee paid to the commissioner on making the application for the original order.

(4) In subsection (3) —

"application for the original order" means the application for the order of an adjudicator for the purposes of which the order mentioned in subsection (1) is made.