s 80
In forceFalse or misleading information
Part 4Offences and notifying particular matters
Division 6Other offences
80 False or misleading information
(1)
A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an official information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(2)
However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who gives information in a document if, when giving the information, the person—
(a)
tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and
(b)
if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
(3)
In this section—
official means the chief executive or an authorised officer.
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