Adoption Act 2000
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181 False statements
181 False statements
(cf AC Act s 54, AI Act s 38)
A person who makes any statement (whether orally or in writing) that the person knows to be false for the purposes of or in connection with—
(a) a proposed adoption or any other matter under this Act, or
(b) an application for the supply of adoption information or an authority to supply adoption information under Chapter 8, or
(c) the lodging of a contact veto under Chapter 8, or
(d) an application for entry of the person’s name in the Reunion and Information Register under Chapter 8, or
(e) any other request under this Act,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.