Misleading information
49K Misleading information
A person commits an offence if the person:
gives information to the Commissioner; and
knows the information is misleading; and
knows the Commissioner is acting in an official capacity.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if the person:
gives a document to the Commissioner; and
knows the document contains misleading information; and
knows the Commissioner is acting in an official capacity.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the recipient's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the recipient the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.
In this section:
acting in an official capacity means exercising powers or performing functions under this Act or otherwise connected with the administration of this Act or the operation or management of an NTG Scheme.
misleading information means information that is misleading in a material particular or because of the omission of a material particular.
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