31CFalse and misleading information

31C False and misleading information

[Section 31C Inserted by No. 38 of 2022, s. 10, Applied:30 Nov 2022]

(1)  A member of the Board or an officer must not –

(a) make a statement concerning the affairs of the Authority to a member of the Board, the Minister, the Treasurer or the Auditor-General that the member of the Board or officer knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b) omit from a statement concerning the affairs of the Authority made to a member of the Board, the Minister, the Treasurer or the Auditor-General anything without which the statement is, to the member of the Board's or officer's knowledge, misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.

(2)  A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1)(a) or (b) is sufficient if it states that the information given was false or misleading to the person's knowledge.

(3)  A member of the Board or an officer must not give to a member of the Board, the Minister, the Treasurer or the Auditor-General a document containing information that the member of the Board or officer knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular without –

(a) indicating to the recipient that the document is false, misleading or incomplete and the respect in which the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and

(b) giving the correct information to the recipient if the member of the Board or officer has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 25 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.