Health Transparency Act 2019
sec.21False or misleading information
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sec.21 False or misleading information
A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give the chief executive information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. Subsection (1) applies to information given in relation to the administration of this Act whether or not the information was given in response to a specific power under an Act. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the information in a document— tells the chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.21-ssec.1) A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give the chief executive information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.21-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies to information given in relation to the administration of this Act whether or not the information was given in response to a specific power under an Act. (sec.21-ssec.3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the information in a document— tells the chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
- (a) tells the chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.