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Fisheries Act 1988
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35A Misleading information
(a) the person intentionally gives information to another person;
and
(c) the information is misleading and the person has knowledge of
that circumstance; and
(d) the authorised officer is acting in an official capacity and the
(a) the person intentionally gives a document to another person;
and
(c) the document contains misleading information and the person
has knowledge of that circumstance; and
(d) the authorised officer is acting in an official capacity and the
(3) Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b).
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(4) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the
document:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the
authorised officer's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives
the authorised officer the information necessary to remedy the
misleading aspect of the document.
misleading information means information that is misleading in a
material particular or because of the omission of a material
particular.