85AFalse or misleading statements

#### 85A False or misleading statements 85A False or misleading statements > > (1) A person who, in a document required for the purposes of this Act or lodged with the Secretary, makes, or authorises the making of, a statement knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. > > > (2) A person who, from a document required for the purposes of this Act or lodged with the Secretary, omits, or authorises the omission of, anything knowing that the omission makes the document misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. > > > (3) A person who, in a document required for the purposes of this Act or lodged with the Secretary, makes, or authorises the making of, a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence unless it is proved that the person had taken reasonable precautions aimed at avoiding the making or authorising of false or misleading statements in such a document. > > > > Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. > > > (4) If an omission makes a document required for the purposes of this Act or lodged with the Secretary misleading in a material respect, a person who made or authorised the omission is guilty of an offence unless it is proved that the person had taken reasonable precautions aimed at avoiding the making or authorising of omissions that would make such a document false or misleading. > > > > Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. > > **s 85A:** Ins 2003 No 61, Sch 1 \[51\].