Further Education and Training Act 2014
sec.189False or misleading documents to official
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sec.189 False or misleading documents to official
A person must not give an official a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can get, the correct information—gives the official the correct information. In this section— official has the meaning given by section 188 . (sec.189-ssec.1) A person must not give an official a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.189-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can get, the correct information—gives the official the correct information. (sec.189-ssec.3) In this section— official has the meaning given by section 188 .
- (a) tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can get, the correct information—gives the official the correct information.