295False or misleading information or documents

295 False or misleading information or documents

295 False or misleading information or documents

(1) A person must not give the Regulatory Authority or an authorised officer under this Law any information or document that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

(a) for an individual—$20,400; or

(b) for a large child care provider—$309,600; or

(c) otherwise—$103,200.

Note—

This penalty is a substituted NSW provision.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the giving of a document, if the person when giving the document—

(a) informs the Regulatory Authority or authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and

(b) gives the correct information to the Regulatory Authority or authorised officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.

s 295: Am 2025 No 68, Sch 1[9].