sec.215False or misleading information

### sec.215 False or misleading information A person commits an offence if the person gives information for this Act (either orally or in a document), that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular, to any of the following persons— the Minister; the department’s chief executive; the chief executive officer; an authorised person; the change commission; the grants commission. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. In certain circumstances this section is a relevant integrity provision for the offence against section 198D —see section 198D (2) , definition relevant integrity provision . However, the person does not commit an offence in relation to information in a document if, when the person gives the document to the other person— the person tells the other person that the document is false or misleading, and in what respect the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—the person gives the other person the correct information. s 215 amd 2012 No. 33 s 61 ; 2019 No. 30 s 36 ; 2020 No. 20 s 90 (sec.215-ssec.1) A person commits an offence if the person gives information for this Act (either orally or in a document), that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular, to any of the following persons— the Minister; the department’s chief executive; the chief executive officer; an authorised person; the change commission; the grants commission. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. In certain circumstances this section is a relevant integrity provision for the offence against section 198D —see section 198D (2) , definition relevant integrity provision . (sec.215-ssec.2) However, the person does not commit an offence in relation to information in a document if, when the person gives the document to the other person— the person tells the other person that the document is false or misleading, and in what respect the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—the person gives the other person the correct information. - (a) the Minister; - (b) the department’s chief executive; - (c) the chief executive officer; - (d) an authorised person; - (e) the change commission; - (f) the grants commission. - (a) the person tells the other person that the document is false or misleading, and in what respect the document is false or misleading; and - (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—the person gives the other person the correct information.