sec.83False or misleading document

sec.83 False or misleading document

A person must not give an authorised officer a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person when giving the document— tells the authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state the document was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which. (sec.83-ssec.1) A person must not give an authorised officer a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.83-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person when giving the document— tells the authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.83-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state the document was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which.

• (a) tells the authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
• (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.