Electricity Safety Act 1998
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148 False or misleading information
S. 148(1) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 48(Sch. 1 item 2).
(1) A person must not give information that is false or misleading in a material particular to Energy Safe Victoria or to an employee of Energy Safe Victoria in connection with an application, notice or submission under this Act or the regulations.
- 100 penalty units.
(2) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1), it is a defence for the accused to prove that the accused believed on reasonable grounds—
(a) in the case of false information, that the information was true; and
(b) in the case of misleading information, that the information was not misleading.
S. 148A inserted by No. 59/2011 s. 21, substituted by No. 22/2023 s. 40.