Mental Health Act 2016
sec.761False or misleading information or document
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sec.761 False or misleading information or document
A person must not state to the tribunal or staff member of the tribunal anything the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. A person must not give the tribunal or staff member of the tribunal a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the tribunal or staff member of the tribunal, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.761-ssec.1) A person must not state to the tribunal or staff member of the tribunal anything the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.761-ssec.2) A person must not give the tribunal or staff member of the tribunal a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.761-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the tribunal or staff member of the tribunal, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
- (a) tells the tribunal or staff member of the tribunal, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.