Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012
208Misleading information
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208 Misleading information (a) the person gives information to another person; and (b) the other person is an authorised officer; and (c) the person knows the information is misleading; and (d) the person knows the authorised officer is acting in an authorised officer capacity. (a) the person gives a document to another person; and (b) the other person is an authorised officer; and (c) the person knows the document contains misleading information; and (d) the person knows the authorised officer is acting in an authorised officer capacity. (3) Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b). (4) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the document: (a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the authorised officer's attention; and (b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the authorised officer the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the document.
Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 114 misleading information means information that is misleading in a material particular or because of the omission of a material particular.