Radiation Protection Act 2005
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72 False or misleading statements
(1) A person must not –
(a) state anything to the Director of Public Health or an authorised officer that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b) omit from a statement made to the Director of Public Health or an authorised officer anything without which the statement is, to the person's knowledge, misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.
(2) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1)(a) to state that the statement is, to the person's knowledge, false or misleading without specifying whether the statement is false or whether it is misleading.