National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
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52(1)
This section applies on or after the day that is 2 years after the day section 3 commences.
Requirement to include licence number in documents
52(2)
Whenever a licensee identifies itself in a document of a kind prescribed by the regulations, the licensee must:
(a) include in the document the licensee ' s Australian credit licence number; and
(b) identify in the document that the number is the licensee ' s Australian credit licence number.
Civil penalty: 5,000 penalty units.
Strict liability offence
52(3)
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is subject to a requirement under subsection (2) to include and identify its Australian credit licence number in a document; and
(b) the person engages in conduct; and
(c) the conduct contravenes the requirement.
Criminal penalty: 20 penalty units.
52(4)
Subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
Note:
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
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