Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2024
sec.71False or misleading information
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sec.71 False or misleading information
A person must not, in relation to a pharmacy business licence or an application under this Act— state anything to the council the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or give the council information or a document the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when making the statement or giving the information or document— tells the council, to the best of the person’s ability, how the statement, information or document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the council. (sec.71-ssec.1) A person must not, in relation to a pharmacy business licence or an application under this Act— state anything to the council the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or give the council information or a document the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.71-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when making the statement or giving the information or document— tells the council, to the best of the person’s ability, how the statement, information or document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the council.
- (a) state anything to the council the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
- (b) give the council information or a document the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
- (a) tells the council, to the best of the person’s ability, how the statement, information or document is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the council.