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Gas Industry Act 2001
229AOffence to give false or misleading information or documents
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229A Offence to give false or misleading information or documents
(1) A licensee must not give the Commission information that the licensee is required to give to the Commission under or for the purposes of this Act that the licensee knows*—*
(a) to be false or misleading in any material particular; or
(b) omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment;
In the case of a body corporate, 6000 penalty units.
(2) A licensee must not produce a document to the Commission that the licensee is required to produce to the Commission under or for the purposes of this Act if—
(a) the licensee knows that the document is false or misleading in a material particular; and
(b) the licensee does not indicate the respect in which the document is false or misleading.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment;
In the case of a body corporate, 6000 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an indictable offence.
S. 229B inserted by No. 28/2021 s. 26.