sec.96False or misleading information

### sec.96 False or misleading information A person must not give information to the chief executive that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to information given in a document if the person when giving the document— informs the chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the information was ‘false or misleading’, without specifying whether it was false or was misleading. s 96 amd 2014 No. 8 s 159 (sec.96-ssec.1) A person must not give information to the chief executive that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.96-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to information given in a document if the person when giving the document— informs the chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.96-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the information was ‘false or misleading’, without specifying whether it was false or was misleading. - (a) informs the chief executive, to the best of the person’s ability, how the information is false or misleading; and - (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.