Building and Construction Industry Training Fund and Levy Collection Act 1990

A person shall not —

fail to notify the Board of construction work and its estimated value in accordance with section 21(1)(b);

knowingly provide in an application to the Board under section 25B(1), or in an appeal to the Minister under section 25C(1), any information or document that is false or misleading in a material particular;

knowingly provide to the Board, or to a collection agency or to an authorised person any information or document that is false or misleading in a material particular regarding construction work and its value, or refuse to provide such document or information when required to do so under section 28;

commence construction work before paying the levy due in respect of the construction work;

fail to notify the Board that, on completion of construction work the actual value of the work varied from the value of the work estimated for the purposes of section 21(1)(a) or (b) by an additional amount of $25 000 or more (after adjustment has been made for inflation in the prescribed manner).

A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence the penalty for which is —

in the case of a natural person, $20 000; or

in the case of a body corporate, $50 000.

A person is not excused from complying with a requirement under this Act to provide information or documents on the ground that to do so might tend to incriminate or render the person liable to a penalty, but information or documents provided by a person when so required is not admissible in evidence against the person in any civil or criminal proceedings other than proceedings for perjury or for an offence under this Act arising out of the false or misleading nature of the information or document.