Misleading information
87 Misleading information
A person commits an offence if:
the person intentionally gives information to another person; and
the other person is an authorised officer; and
the person knows the information is misleading; and
(d) the authorised officer is acting in an official capacity and the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 400 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 an authorised officer; and
(c) the document contains misleading information and the person has knowledge of that circumstance; and
(d) the authorised officer is acting in an official capacity and the person has knowledge of that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b).
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the other person's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the other person the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.
In this section:
misleading information means information that is misleading in a material particular or because of the omission of a material particular.
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