False or misleading statements
31 False or misleading statements
A person must not—
make a statement to an inspector that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
omit from a statement made to an inspector any matter or thing without which the statement is, to the knowledge of the person, misleading in a material particular; or
give to an inspector a document containing information that the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular without—
indicating to the inspector that the document is false, misleading or incomplete and the respect in which the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and
providing correct information to the inspector if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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