59False or misleading statements

59 False or misleading statements

(1) A person must not make in, or in relation to, any application under this Act any statement that is false or misleading, because of inclusion in the statement of anything that is false or misleading or because of omission from the statement of anything that is material.

S. 59(2) amended by No. 73/1994 s. 53(1), substituted by No. 55/2001 s. 22.

(2) A person must not make any statement or provide any document or other information about a chemical product, fertiliser, or stock food or its use (including in the case of a registered chemical product, the circumstances of its use) that is false or misleading and likely to cause a person who relies on the statement, document or other information to—

(a) commit an offence under this Act or the regulations under this Act; or

(b) contaminate stock or agricultural produce; or

(c) injuriously affect plants that are to be applied with the chemical product or fertiliser.

S. 59(3) inserted by No. 55/2001 s. 22.

(3) A person must not make any statement or provide any document or other information in relation to the target area, or the area contiguous to the target area, of agricultural spraying to be carried out on behalf of that person that is false or misleading and likely to cause a person who carries out the agricultural spraying who relies on the statement, document or other information to commit an offence under this Act or the regulations under this Act.

Note to s. 59 inserted by No. 13/2013 s. 5(9).

Section 72A applies to an offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3).