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Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994
sec.87ZHExamination of investigated person or associated person
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### sec.87ZH Examination of investigated person or associated person
An investigated person or associated person for an investigated person must not—
fail to comply with a lawful requirement (a relevant requirement ) of the investigator to the extent the person is able to comply with it; or
in purported compliance with a relevant requirement, give information knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
when appearing before an investigator for examination under a relevant requirement—
state anything knowing it is false or misleading in a material particular; or
fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation.
Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document—
tells the investigator, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and
if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the investigator.
A person who complies with the requirement of an investigator under this section does not merely because of the compliance—
contravene a provision of an Act or a law imposing a statutory or commercial obligation or restriction to maintain secrecy; or
incur any civil liability.
A person required to attend for examination under this part is entitled to the allowances and expenses prescribed by regulation.
s 87ZH ins 2019 No. 36 s 25
(sec.87ZH-ssec.1) An investigated person or associated person for an investigated person must not— fail to comply with a lawful requirement (a relevant requirement ) of the investigator to the extent the person is able to comply with it; or in purported compliance with a relevant requirement, give information knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular; or when appearing before an investigator for examination under a relevant requirement— state anything knowing it is false or misleading in a material particular; or fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.87ZH-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document— tells the investigator, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the investigator.
(sec.87ZH-ssec.3) A person who complies with the requirement of an investigator under this section does not merely because of the compliance— contravene a provision of an Act or a law imposing a statutory or commercial obligation or restriction to maintain secrecy; or incur any civil liability.
(sec.87ZH-ssec.4) A person required to attend for examination under this part is entitled to the allowances and expenses prescribed by regulation.
- (a) fail to comply with a lawful requirement (a relevant requirement ) of the investigator to the extent the person is able to comply with it; or
- (b) in purported compliance with a relevant requirement, give information knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
- (c) when appearing before an investigator for examination under a relevant requirement— (i) state anything knowing it is false or misleading in a material particular; or (ii) fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation.
- (i) state anything knowing it is false or misleading in a material particular; or
- (ii) fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation.
- (i) state anything knowing it is false or misleading in a material particular; or
- (ii) fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation.
- (a) tells the investigator, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the investigator.
- (a) contravene a provision of an Act or a law imposing a statutory or commercial obligation or restriction to maintain secrecy; or
- (b) incur any civil liability.