Fail to ensure person notified of defective disclosure document

Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 1021J(1)

Maximum penalty: 5 years imprisonment

Period: 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2024

Jurisdiction: higher courts

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of an offence
On SACStat, a case is a collection of one or more charges sentenced at a hearing

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the higher courts, 18 charges of fail to ensure person notified of defective disclosure document were sentenced in the five years to 30 June 2024. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a fine with conviction (100% or 18 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In the higher courts, fail to ensure person notified of defective disclosure document was the principal proven offence (the most serious crime in the case) in fewer than 10 cases in the five years to 30 June 2024. Therefore, outcomes for cases are not given for this offence.

Figure 1: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of fail to ensure person notified of defective disclosure document

Number: 18 charges

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of fail to ensure person notified of defective disclosure document

See Table 1 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 3: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of fail to ensure person notified of defective disclosure document by financial year

Number: 18 charges

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of fail to ensure person notified of defective disclosure document

See Table 3 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 4: Number of charges of fail to ensure person notified of defective disclosure document by financial year

Number: 18 charges

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of fail to ensure person notified of defective disclosure document

See Table 4 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.