sec.172False or misleading information

sec.172 False or misleading information

A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an official information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document— tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.172-ssec.1) A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an official information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.172-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document— tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.

• (a) tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and
• (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.