Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland)
sch.6-sec.21False or misleading documents
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sch.6-sec.21 False or misleading documents
A person must not give an inspector a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty— in the case of an individual—$5,000; or in the case of a body corporate—$10,000. Subclause (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the inspector, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the inspector if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. (sch.6-sec.21-ssec.1) A person must not give an inspector a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty— in the case of an individual—$5,000; or in the case of a body corporate—$10,000. (sch.6-sec.21-ssec.2) Subclause (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the inspector, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the inspector if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
- (a) in the case of an individual—$5,000; or
- (b) in the case of a body corporate—$10,000.
- (a) informs the inspector, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) gives the correct information to the inspector if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.