Education (Overseas Students) Act 2018

A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an authorised person information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Subsection (1) applies to information given in relation to the administration of this Act whether or not the information was given in response to a specific power under this Act.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document—

tells the authorised person, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and

if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.