Criminal offences for making a false statement
41FE Criminal offences for making a false statement
A person commits an offence if:
the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way); and
the person knows that the statement is false or misleading in a material particular; and
the statement is in or in connection with:
an application for including a kind of medical device in the Register under this Chapter; or
a certification or purported certification under section 41FD; and
either:
the use of the kind of medical device has resulted in, will result in, or is likely to result in, harm or injury to any person; or
the use of the kind of medical device, if the kind of medical device were used, would result in, or would be likely to result in, harm or injury to any person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 4,000 penalty units, or both.
A jury may acquit a person of an offence against this subsection and may convict the person of an offence against subsection (4) instead: see section 53A.
For the liability of an executive officer of a body corporate, see sections 54B and 54BA.
A person commits an offence if:
the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way); and
the person knows that the statement is false or misleading in a material particular; and
the statement is in or in connection with:
an application for including a kind of medical device in the Register under this Chapter; or
a certification or purported certification under section 41FD.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
A person commits an offence if:
the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way); and
the statement is false or misleading in a material particular; and
the statement is in or in connection with:
an application for including a kind of medical device in the Register under this Chapter; or
a certification or purported certification under section 41FD.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
An offence against subsection (5) is an offence of strict liability.
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