False or misleading statements in connection with licensing
33D False or misleading statements in connection with licensing
A person must not, in or in relation to an application for the grant, variation, transfer, relocation or renewal of a licence, make a statement that is false or misleading because of—
the inclusion in the statement of false or misleading matter; or
the omission from the statement of material matter.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.
It is an exception to an offence against subsection (1) if the accused—
believed on reasonable grounds that the false matter was true; or
believed on reasonable grounds that the misleading matter was not misleading; or
in the case of an omission—
believed on reasonable grounds that no material had been omitted, being material the omission of which would make the statement false or misleading; or
did not know that the omitted matter was material.
S. 33E inserted by No. 51/2024 s. 35.
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