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### sec.226 False or misleading information
A person must not, for this Act, give an official information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—4,500 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the person, when giving the information to the official—
informs the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and
if the person has, or can reasonably get, the correct information—gives the correct information.
In this section—
official means—
an assessment manager; or
a referral agency; or
a responsible entity for a change application; or
an enforcement authority; or
the Minister; or
the chief executive; or
a local government; or
an inspector; or
another person prescribed by regulation.
(sec.226-ssec.1) A person must not, for this Act, give an official information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—4,500 penalty units.
(sec.226-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person, when giving the information to the official— informs the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably get, the correct information—gives the correct information.
(sec.226-ssec.3) In this section— official means— an assessment manager; or a referral agency; or a responsible entity for a change application; or an enforcement authority; or the Minister; or the chief executive; or a local government; or an inspector; or another person prescribed by regulation.
- (a) informs the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably get, the correct information—gives the correct information.
- (a) an assessment manager; or
- (b) a referral agency; or
- (c) a responsible entity for a change application; or
- (d) an enforcement authority; or
- (e) the Minister; or
- (f) the chief executive; or
- (g) a local government; or
- (h) an inspector; or
- (i) another person prescribed by regulation.