215Offence to provide false or misleading information

215 Offence to provide false or misleading information

(1) A person must not either deliberately or recklessly—

(a) provide any information under this Act that is false or misleading; or

(b) provide under this Act any document that is false or misleading; or

(c) make any representation under this Act that provides a false or misleading impression; or

(d) fail to include any matter in any information or document provided under this Act if the failure causes the information or document to be false or misleading; or

(e) engage in conduct, or a course of conduct, for a purpose that is relevant to this Act, if that conduct is misleading or deceptive, or is likely to mislead or deceive.

(2) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply if, at the time the person provided the document the person either—

(a) informed the person or body to whom the document was provided that the record contained a detail that was false or misleading and specified in what respect it was false or misleading; or

(b) took all reasonable steps to provide that person or body with that information.