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Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022
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84 False or misleading statements
84 False or misleading statements
A person must not, in making or purporting to make a public interest disclosure or in providing information relating to a public interest disclosure, wilfully make a false statement to, or mislead or attempt to mislead, the agency or person to whom the disclosure or purported disclosure is made or the information is provided.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.