False or misleading statements
217 False or misleading statements
A person must not state anything to the commission the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state the statement made was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which.
A court may order that a person who contravenes subsection (1) must pay an amount of compensation to the commission, whether or not the court also imposes a penalty for the contravention.
The amount of the compensation must be a reasonable amount for the cost of any investigation made or other action taken by the commission because of the false statement.
Without limiting the ways a person may state a thing to the commission, a person states a thing to the commission if the person states the thing to an entity that is under an obligation to advise the commission of the thing, whether or not the person intended that the commission be advised of the statement.
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