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National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018
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28 False or misleading information, documents or statements
A person must not give information, produce a document or make a statement to an officer of the scheme if the person knows, or is reckless as to whether, the information, document or statement is false or misleading in a material particular.
Note: This section is a civil penalty provision. Conduct prohibited by this section may also be an offence against the Criminal Code (see sections 136.1, 137.1 and 137.2 of the Code).
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.