Fire Services Act 1990
sec.149ZPFalse or misleading documents
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sec.149ZP False or misleading documents
A person must not give an investigation officer a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the investigation officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. s 149ZP (prev s 60Q) ins 2008 No. 64 s 20 reloc and renum 2024 No. 22 s 38 (2) (sec.149ZP-ssec.1) A person must not give an investigation officer a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (sec.149ZP-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the investigation officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
- (a) tells the investigation officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.