Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
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sec.382 False or misleading statement
A person must not, for the purpose of obtaining a scholarship or allowance mentioned in section 368 (1) , give information to the Minister or chief executive the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. A person must not, for the purpose of obtaining a scholarship or allowance mentioned in section 368 (1) , give the Minister or chief executive a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. In giving the Minister the allowance acquittal details for a non-State school, a person must not give information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. In giving the Minister the allowance acquittal details for a non-State school, a person must not give a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. Subsections (2) and (4) do not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the Minister or chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. s 382 amd 2017 No. 24 s 224 (sec.382-ssec.1) A person must not, for the purpose of obtaining a scholarship or allowance mentioned in section 368 (1) , give information to the Minister or chief executive the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. (sec.382-ssec.2) A person must not, for the purpose of obtaining a scholarship or allowance mentioned in section 368 (1) , give the Minister or chief executive a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—5 penalty units. (sec.382-ssec.3) In giving the Minister the allowance acquittal details for a non-State school, a person must not give information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.382-ssec.4) In giving the Minister the allowance acquittal details for a non-State school, a person must not give a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.382-ssec.5) Subsections (2) and (4) do not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the Minister or chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
- (a) tells the Minister or chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.