17Offence to give misleading information or document

17 Offence to give misleading information or document (1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the Director requests information from, or asks a question of, the person under section 14; and (b) the person gives the Director information or an answer that is false or misleading in a material particular. (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the Director requests information from the person under section 14; and (b) the person gives the Director a document containing information that is false or misleading in a material particular. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document to the Director: (a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the Director's attention; and Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 14 (b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the Director the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.