Child Employment Act 2006
sec.36False or misleading documents
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sec.36 False or misleading documents
A person must not give to an official a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the official if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, 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.36-ssec.1) A person must not give to an official a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.36-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the official if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. (sec.36-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) informs the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) gives the correct information to the official if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.