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463 Provision of false information
(a) a person provides information or documents to the Authority or an authorised officer under this Act; or
(b) an authorised officer is performing a function or duty or exercising a power under this Act and requires a person to provide information or documents.
(2) A person must not do any of the following—
(a) provide information or make a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular;
(b) conceal any materially relevant information or document;
(c) produce a document that is false or misleading in a material particular, without indicating in what respect it is false or misleading and, if practicable, providing the relevant correct information.
Section 314 provides that subsection (2) is a civil penalty provision. The penalty for contravention of this civil penalty provision is set out in the table in section 314.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence.
(5) This section does not apply to the provision of information or documents by a person under Part 6.3.
Pt 14.9 (Heading and s. 463A) inserted by No. 35/2023 s. 47.
Part 14.9—Interest
S. 463A inserted by No. 35/2023 s. 47.