Offence to supply false or misleading information
24 Offence to supply false or misleading information
A person must not do any of the things set out in subsection (2) —
in any application made to the Commissioner in connection with —
registration under this Act; or
listing as a lobbyist;
or
in a response to a requirement, made under any procedure determined by the Commissioner under section 15, to provide information or a document to the Commissioner; or
in written representations made to the Commissioner under any procedure determined by the Commissioner under section 15; or
in any notification or information given, or document produced, or representation made, to the Commissioner under a code of conduct or the regulations.
Penalty: a fine of $10 000.
The things to which subsection (1) applies are —
giving information that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular;
failing to give information that the person knows is materially relevant;
omitting information without which any notification or information given, or any document produced, or any representation made, is, to the person’s knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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