41AD

False or misleading information—offence

Current

(1)

A person commits an offence if:

(a)

the person is given a notice under section 41AB; and

(b)

the person gives information to the Secretary in compliance, or purported compliance, with the notice; and

(c)

the person does so knowing that the information:

(i)

is false or misleading; or

(ii)

omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 1,000 penalty units, or both.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subparagraph (1)(c)(i) if the information is not false or misleading in a material particular.

Note:

A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2).

(3)

Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subparagraph (1)(c)(ii) if the information did not omit any matter or thing without which the information is misleading in a material particular.

Note:

A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3).

This Act’s bill:Second reading speech

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