False or misleading statements
23E False or misleading statements
A person who makes a statement or representation in an application made under these regulations, or provides further information in relation to an application, that the person knows or has reason to believe is false or misleading in a material particular commits an offence.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $1 000.
A coroner or a coroner’s registrar may revoke a direction made under regulation 23D(1) if satisfied, having given the person an opportunity to make a written submission, that the person has contravened subregulation (1).
If a direction is revoked under subregulation (2), the coroner or coroner’s registrar may —
order that the person in respect of whom the direction was made pay the difference between the fee the person paid and the fee that would otherwise have been payable by the person; and
make an order to enforce the order for the payment.
An order under subregulation (3)(b) may include orders relating to the future conduct of the matter to which the fees relate or the effect of anything that has been done in respect of the matter until the sum ordered to be paid has been paid.
[Regulation 23E inserted: Gazette 14 Jun 2016 p. 1875‑6.]
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