Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts24. (1) A defined person who (in the course of performing the functions of the Registrar) is required to consider any matter concerning a related employer or associate shall immediately inform the Minister accordingly in writing.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) if it is established that the relevant defined person was not aware that the relevant person or body was a related employer or associate.
(3) In this section—
(a) by whom the defined person—
(i) is employed; or
(ii) has been employed at any time during the previous 3 years;
(b) who—
(i) is a related body corporate in relation to an employer or former employer referred to in paragraph (a); or
(ii) has at any time during the previous 3 years been such a related body; or
(c) with whom the defined person—
(i) has an association of a type prescribed in the regulations; or
(ii) has had such an association at any time during the previous 3 years;
except where the person or body is the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State, another Territory, AFIC or a foreign State supervisory authority.