sec.231AFalse, misleading or incomplete documents

### sec.231A False, misleading or incomplete documents A person must not give a document for this Act containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. a minor knowingly using a forged driver licence or a licence belonging to someone else Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the person to whom the document is given, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the person giving the document has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. s 231A ins 1994 No. 59 s 77 amd 1999 No. 42 s 54 (3) sch pt 3 ; 2004 No. 53 s 2 sch (sec.231A-ssec.1) A person must not give a document for this Act containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. a minor knowingly using a forged driver licence or a licence belonging to someone else (sec.231A-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the person to whom the document is given, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the person giving the document has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.231A-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. - (a) informs the person to whom the document is given, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and - (b) if the person giving the document has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.