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Residential Tenancies Act 1997
46MOffences—giving false or misleading information
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46M Offences—giving false or misleading information
(a) the person gives information to a competent person; and
(b) the information is given to obtain a competent person
declaration; and
(c) the information is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person represents to another person that a document is a
competent person declaration; and
(b) the document is not a competent person declaration.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.