The committee also agreed, for the same reasons, that a penalty of a strict liability offence is too high and not proportionate to the offence of failing to provide information. Members considered that an infringement notice would be a more appropriate punishment for such a breach. However, to enable the creation of an infringement offence in the bill, an offence for a breach of the proposed section 17AA needs to be created. Therefore, the committee recommended retaining the strict liability offence in the bill, but reducing the penalty to the lowest level under the Act. That's up to $1,000 for an individual and up to $5,000 for a body corporate. 