Architects Act 2002
sec.31False or misleading document
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sec.31 False or misleading document
A person, in relation to an application under this part, must not give an entity 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 entity, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information in the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. s 31 amd 2024 No. 14 s 5 (sec.31-ssec.1) A person, in relation to an application under this part, must not give an entity a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.31-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the entity, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information in the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
- (a) tells the entity, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information in the document is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.