Explosives Act 1999
sec.99False or misleading information
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sec.99 False or misleading information
A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an inspector or authorised officer 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 inspector or authorised officer, 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. s 99 sub 2019 No. 7 s 71 amd 2024 No. 34 s 124 (sec.99-ssec.1) A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an inspector or authorised officer information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.99-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document— tells the inspector or authorised officer, 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 inspector or authorised officer, 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.