69False or misleading statements

69 False or misleading statements

69 False or misleading statements

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person—

(a) makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way) knowing that the statement—

(i) is false or misleading, or

(ii) omits any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading, and

(b) the statement is made to—

(i) obtain or claim a benefit from the Corporation or the Secretary, or

(ii) deceive any member of staff of the Corporation or the Department in relation to obtaining a benefit from the Corporation or the Secretary, or

(iii) affect the rate or amount of benefit from the Corporation or the Secretary.

Maximum penalty—3 months imprisonment or 20 penalty units, or both.

(2) A person must not by means of personation or any other fraudulent device obtain or claim a benefit from the Corporation or the Secretary.

Maximum penalty—3 months imprisonment or 20 penalty units, or both.

(3) A person—

(a) who causes the commission of an offence against this section, or

(b) by whose order or direction such an offence is committed, or

(c) who aids, abets, counsels or procures or by act or omission is directly or indirectly concerned in the commission of such an offence,

is guilty in the same degree and liable to the same penalty as the principal offender.

(4) In this section—

benefit means any accommodation, rental rebate, rental subsidy or any other advantage or concession.

s 69: Am 2008 No 7, Sch 1 [1]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.44 [8]; 2018 No 45, Sch 2 [10]–[12].