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Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.176False or misleading statements
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### sec.176 False or misleading statements
A person must not state anything to an inspector, inspection officer, authorised officer or district workers’ representative the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to allege and prove that the statement made was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which.
s 176 amd 2007 No. 46 s 121
(sec.176-ssec.1) A person must not state anything to an inspector, inspection officer, authorised officer or district workers’ representative the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.176-ssec.2) It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to allege and prove that the statement made was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which.