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In forceFalse or misleading information, documents or statements
Chapter 2The National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Part 2‑3How to obtain redress under the scheme
Division 3Obtaining information for the purposes of determining the application
28 False or misleading information, documents or statements
A person must not give information, produce a document or make a statement to an officer of the scheme if the person knows, or is reckless as to whether, the information, document or statement is false or misleading in a material particular.
Note:
This section is a civil penalty provision. Conduct prohibited by this section may also be an offence against the Criminal Code (see sections 136.1, 137.1 and 137.2 of the Code).
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.
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