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### sec.175 False or misleading information
A person must not—
state anything to the chief executive or an inspector the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
omit from a statement made to the chief executive or an inspector anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) is sufficient if it states the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge.
s 175 amd 2004 No. 27 s 12
(sec.175-ssec.1) A person must not— state anything to the chief executive or an inspector the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or omit from a statement made to the chief executive or an inspector anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.175-ssec.2) A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) is sufficient if it states the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge.
- (a) state anything to the chief executive or an inspector the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
- (b) omit from a statement made to the chief executive or an inspector anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular.