Competition and Consumer Act 2010
Sch 2 s 222False or misleading information etc.
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222 False or misleading information etc.
(1) A person must not, in compliance or purported compliance with a substantiation notice given by the regulator:
(a) give to the regulator false or misleading information; or
(b) produce to the regulator documents that contain false or misleading information.
Note: A pecuniary penalty may be imposed for a contravention of this subsection.
(2) This section does not apply to:
(a) information that the person could not have known was false or misleading; or
(b) the production to the regulator of a document containing false or misleading information if the document is accompanied by a statement of the person that the information is false or misleading.