False or misleading information
112 False or misleading information
A person who—
in, or in relation to, any application made under this Act, or
in purported compliance with a requirement of a notice under this Act, or
in purporting to provide information under this Act that the person has been authorised to provide,
gives information that is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
It is a defence to a prosecution of a person for an offence under subsection (1) if it is proved that, at the time the information was given, the person believed, on reasonable grounds—
in the case of false information—that the information was true, or
in the case of misleading information—that the information was not misleading.
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