Offence to give misleading information or document
54CH Offence to give misleading information or document
A residential builder must not give an approved insurer information the builder knows is misleading information.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
A residential builder must not give an approved insurer a document containing information the builder knows is misleading information.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
However, subsection (2) does not apply if the residential builder, when giving the document to the approved insurer:
draws the misleading aspect of the document to the insurer's attention; and
to the extent to which the builder can reasonably do so –
gives the insurer the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.
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