sec.42False or misleading documents

### sec.42 False or misleading documents A person must not, for the purposes of this Act, including for the purpose of an application for financial assistance under this Act, give to the authority a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the authority, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the authority. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. (sec.42-ssec.1) A person must not, for the purposes of this Act, including for the purpose of an application for financial assistance under this Act, give to the authority a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.42-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the authority, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the authority. (sec.42-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. - (a) informs the authority, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and - (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the authority.