Photo Identification Card Act 2008
sec.22False or misleading representation
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sec.22 False or misleading representation
A person must not, for this Act, give the chief executive a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to information contained in a document if the person, when giving the document— informs the chief executive, 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. (sec.22-ssec.1) A person must not, for this Act, give the chief executive a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.22-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to information contained in a document if the person, when giving the document— informs the chief executive, 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.
- (a) informs the chief executive, 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.