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Industrial Relations Act 2016
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### sec.289 Misrepresentations
A person must not knowingly or recklessly make a false or misleading representation to another person about—
the workplace rights of the other person or a third person; or
the exercise, or the effect of the exercise, of a workplace right by the other person or a third person.
This subsection is a civil penalty provision.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the person to whom the representation is made would not be expected to rely on it.
(sec.289-ssec.1) A person must not knowingly or recklessly make a false or misleading representation to another person about— the workplace rights of the other person or a third person; or the exercise, or the effect of the exercise, of a workplace right by the other person or a third person. This subsection is a civil penalty provision.
(sec.289-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person to whom the representation is made would not be expected to rely on it.
- (a) the workplace rights of the other person or a third person; or
- (b) the exercise, or the effect of the exercise, of a workplace right by the other person or a third person.