Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022
32Not provide false or misleading information
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32 Not provide false or misleading information
(1) A data scheme entity must not, in giving information or a document in compliance or purported compliance with this Act, the rules or a data code, give the Minister or Commissioner: (a) information or a document that is false or misleading; or (b) information that omits any matter or thing without which the information is false or misleading.
Note: A data scheme entity that contravenes this subsection might also commit an offence under Division 136 or 137 of the Criminal Code.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
(2) A data scheme entity must not, in giving information or a document for the purposes of entering into or giving effect to a data sharing agreement, give another data scheme entity: (a) information or a document that is false or misleading; or (b) information that omits any matter or thing without which the information is false or misleading.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.