Explosives Act 1999
sec.74False or misleading documents to inquiry
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sec.74 False or misleading documents to inquiry
A person must not give to the board of inquiry a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the board, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably get, the correct information—gives the correct information to the board. s 74 amd 2024 No. 34 s 117 (sec.74-ssec.1) A person must not give to the board of inquiry a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. (sec.74-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the board, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably get, the correct information—gives the correct information to the board.
- (a) informs the board, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably get, the correct information—gives the correct information to the board.