False or misleading information
305 False or misleading information
A person (the first person) must not give information under this Act, to the chief executive or another person performing functions under or relating to the administration of this Act, that the first person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to information given in a document if the first person, when giving the document—
informs the person being given the document, to the best of the first person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and
if the first person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
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