Private Health Facilities Act 1999
sec.145False or misleading report
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sec.145 False or misleading report
A licensee must not give the chief health officer a report containing information that the licensee knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a licensee if the licensee, when giving the report— tells the chief health officer, to the best of the licensee’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the licensee 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 report was, without specifying which, false or misleading. (sec.145-ssec.1) A licensee must not give the chief health officer a report containing information that the licensee knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.145-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a licensee if the licensee, when giving the report— tells the chief health officer, to the best of the licensee’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the licensee has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.145-ssec.3) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is enough to state that the report was, without specifying which, false or misleading.
- (a) tells the chief health officer, to the best of the licensee’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the licensee has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.