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17 False or misleading applications etc
17 False or misleading applications etc
(1) A person must not, in any official document, make a statement that the person knows, or could reasonably be expected to know—
(a) is false or misleading in a material respect, or
(b) omits material matter.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(2) In this section—
official document means any application, instrument or other document that is, for the purposes of the education and teaching legislation, given to or lodged with the Minister or the Authority.