sec.119Revenue offences

sec.119 Revenue offences

A licensed provider must not— evade the payment of an amount payable by the licensed provider as interactive gambling tax or licence fee; or give the chief executive a return containing information the licensed provider knows to be false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 247 , to have also committed the offence. Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to a licensed provider if the licensed provider, when giving the return— informs the chief executive in writing, to the best of the licensed provider’s ability, how the return is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the licensed provider has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the defendant’s knowledge. s 119 amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1 (sec.119-ssec.1) A licensed provider must not— evade the payment of an amount payable by the licensed provider as interactive gambling tax or licence fee; or give the chief executive a return containing information the licensed provider knows to be false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 247 , to have also committed the offence. (sec.119-ssec.2) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to a licensed provider if the licensed provider, when giving the return— informs the chief executive in writing, to the best of the licensed provider’s ability, how the return is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the licensed provider has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.119-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the defendant’s knowledge.

• (a) evade the payment of an amount payable by the licensed provider as interactive gambling tax or licence fee; or
• (b) give the chief executive a return containing information the licensed provider knows to be false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular.
• (a) informs the chief executive in writing, to the best of the licensed provider’s ability, how the return is false, misleading or incomplete; and
• (b) if the licensed provider has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.