False and misleading information
31C False and misleading information
A member of the Board or an officer must not – make a statement concerning the affairs of the Authority to a member of the Board, the Minister, the Treasurer or the Auditor-General that the member of the Board or officer knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or omit from a statement concerning the affairs of the Authority made to a member of the Board, the Minister, the Treasurer or the Auditor-General anything without which the statement is, to the member of the Board's or officer's knowledge, misleading in a material particular. Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.
A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1)(a) or (b) is sufficient if it states that the information given was false or misleading to the person's knowledge.
A member of the Board or an officer must not give to a member of the Board, the Minister, the Treasurer or the Auditor-General a document containing information that the member of the Board or officer knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular without – indicating to the recipient that the document is false, misleading or incomplete and the respect in which the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and giving the correct information to the recipient if the member of the Board or officer has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. Fine not exceeding 25 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.
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