Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009
sec.216False or misleading information
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sec.216 False or misleading information
A person must not state to an official anything the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. A person must not give an official a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the official, 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 this section— official — includes— a registry staff member; and a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) ; and does not include a conciliator or mediator. s 216 amd 2009 No. 48 s 81 ; 2019 No. 12 s 39 (sec.216-ssec.1) A person must not state to an official anything the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.216-ssec.2) A person must not give an official a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.216-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the official, 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.216-ssec.4) In this section— official — includes— a registry staff member; and a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) ; and does not include a conciliator or mediator.
- (a) tells the official, 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.
- (a) includes— (i) a registry staff member; and (ii) a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) ; and
- (i) a registry staff member; and
- (ii) a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) ; and
- (b) does not include a conciliator or mediator.
- (i) a registry staff member; and
- (ii) a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) ; and