sec.239False, misleading or incomplete documents

### sec.239 False, misleading or incomplete documents A person must not give the regulator, an electricity officer or an inspection officer a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the regulator, inspection officer or electricity officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and gives the correct information to the regulator, inspection officer or electricity officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) is sufficient if it states the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. s 239 amd 2002 No. 42 s 242 sch 1 (sec.239-ssec.1) A person must not give the regulator, an electricity officer or an inspection officer a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. (sec.239-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the regulator, inspection officer or electricity officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and gives the correct information to the regulator, inspection officer or electricity officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. (sec.239-ssec.3) A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) is sufficient if it states the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. - (a) informs the regulator, inspection officer or electricity officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and - (b) gives the correct information to the regulator, inspection officer or electricity officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.