Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005

A person is guilty of an offence if—

the person gives information to a WELS inspector under section 61(1) or 62; and

the person does so knowing that the information—

is false or misleading in a material particular; or

omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading in a material particular.

A person is guilty of an offence if—

the person produces a book, record or document to a WELS inspector under section 61(1) or 62; and

the person does so knowing that the document is false or misleading in a material particular.

Subsection (2) does not apply to a person who produces a book, record or document if the book, record or document is accompanied by a written statement signed by the person or, in the case of a body corporate, by a competent officer of the body corporate—

stating that the book, record or document is, to the knowledge of the first‑mentioned person, false or misleading in a material particular; and

setting out, or referring to, the material particular in which the book, record or document is, to the knowledge of the first‑mentioned person, false or misleading.