sec.53False or misleading documents given by applicant

sec.53 False or misleading documents given by applicant

A person, in making an application for a collection authority, must not give the chief executive a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 115 . Subsection (1) 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. s 53 amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1 ; 2020 No. 27 s 22 (sec.53-ssec.1) A person, in making an application for a collection authority, must not give the chief executive a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. This provision is an executive liability provision—see section 115 . (sec.53-ssec.2) Subsection (1) 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.

• (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.