369Civil penalty provision for false or misleading documents

369  Civil penalty provision for false or misleading documents  (a) the person produces a document to another person; and  (b) the person does so knowing that the document is false or misleading; and  (c) the document is produced in compliance or purported compliance with this Act.  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the document is not false or misleading in a material particular. Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who produces a document if the document is accompanied by a written statement signed by the person or, in the case of a body corporate, by a competent officer of the body corporate:  (a) stating that the document is, to the knowledge of the first‑mentioned person, false or misleading in a material particular; and  (b) setting out, or referring to, the material particular in which the document is, to the knowledge of the first‑mentioned person, false or misleading. Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection (see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act). Division 4—General rules about offences and civil penalty provisions