sec.121AFalse or misleading information or documents

### sec.121A False or misleading information or documents This section applies to a statement made or document given to the chief executive. A person must not state anything to the chief executive the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. A person must not give the chief executive a document the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the chief executive if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) or (3) to state the information or document was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which. s 121A ins 2003 No. 94 s 8 (sec.121A-ssec.1) This section applies to a statement made or document given to the chief executive. (sec.121A-ssec.2) A person must not state anything to the chief executive the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (sec.121A-ssec.3) A person must not give the chief executive a document the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (sec.121A-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the chief executive if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. (sec.121A-ssec.5) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) or (3) to state the information or document was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which. - (a) informs the chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and - (b) gives the correct information to the chief executive if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.