Offence to provide false or misleading information
260 Offence to provide false or misleading information
A person commits an offence if:
the person intentionally gives information to another person; and
the other person is a relevant person; and
(c) the information is false or misleading information and the person has knowledge of that circumstance; and
(d) the relevant person is acting in an official capacity and the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
A person commits an offence if:
the person intentionally gives a document to another person; and
the other person is a relevant person; and
(c) the document contains false or misleading information and the person has knowledge of that circumstance; and
(d) the relevant person is acting in an official capacity and the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b).
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) if the person, when giving the document:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the relevant person's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the relevant person the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.
(5) For this section a qualified person is acting in an official capacity when carrying out:
an environmental audit directed under Part 8, Division 2; or
a requirement under section 178; or
a function under Part 13, Division 3A; or
(c) a function required to be carried out by a qualified person under the regulations.
In this section:
relevant person means:
the Minister; or
the CEO; or
the NT EPA; or
an environmental officer; or
a qualified person.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statementSecond reading speech
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