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Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994
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### sec.87UA Giving authorised person false or misleading information
A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act or the National Injury Act , give an authorised person information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.
Subsection (1) applies to information given in relation to the administration of this Act or the National Injury Act whether or not the information was given in response to a specific power under this Act or the National Injury Act .
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document—
tells the authorised person, 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.
s 87UA ins 2019 No. 36 s 21
(sec.87UA-ssec.1) A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act or the National Injury Act , give an authorised person information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.
(sec.87UA-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies to information given in relation to the administration of this Act or the National Injury Act whether or not the information was given in response to a specific power under this Act or the National Injury Act .
(sec.87UA-ssec.3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document— tells the authorised person, 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 authorised person, 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.