Marine Pollution Act 1999
77False, misleading or incomplete documents
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77 False, misleading or incomplete documents (1) A person must not give to an authorised officer a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. (2) Despite subsection (1), a person may give the document if, when giving the document, the person: (a) informs the authorised officer, to the best of the person's ability, how the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and (b) gives the correct information to the officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. (3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the statement made was false, misleading or incomplete to the person's knowledge.