Private Health Facilities Act 1999
sec.123False or misleading documents
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sec.123 False or misleading documents
A person must not give an authorised person a document containing information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the authorised person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is enough to state that the document was, without specifying which, false or misleading. (sec.123-ssec.1) A person must not give an authorised person a document containing information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.123-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the authorised person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.123-ssec.3) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is enough to state that the document was, without specifying which, false or misleading.
- (a) tells the authorised person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.