Comply Before Appeal Requirement

Subsection (3)(b) eliminates appeal as a defense to non-compliance, requiring speakers to comply with Directions restricting their speech before they can challenge those Directions in court. This reverses normal due process protections where coercive action against speech is stayed pending judicial review. A speaker who believes a Direction unlawfully restricts protected speech must still comply (or face escalating penalties including financial sanctions and account removal) before obtaining judicial determination of the Direction's lawfulness. This creates a prior restraint dynamic where the Division—an executive body appointed by the President (14)—can effectively suppress speech before courts review legality, chilling legitimate expression.