Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
sec.175LFalse or misleading information or documents
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sec.175L False or misleading information or documents
A relevant mature age student of a mature age State school must not give information to the school’s principal under this part that the student knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A relevant mature age student of a mature age State school must not give a document to the school’s principal under this part that contains information the student knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. Subsection (2) does not apply to a relevant mature age student if the student, when giving the document to the principal— tells the principal, to the best of the student’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the principal if the student has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. s 175L ins 2014 No. 62 s 71 (sec.175L-ssec.1) A relevant mature age student of a mature age State school must not give information to the school’s principal under this part that the student knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.175L-ssec.2) A relevant mature age student of a mature age State school must not give a document to the school’s principal under this part that contains information the student knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.175L-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a relevant mature age student if the student, when giving the document to the principal— tells the principal, to the best of the student’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the principal if the student has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
- (a) tells the principal, to the best of the student’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) gives the correct information to the principal if the student has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.