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Surveyors Act 2003
sec.70False or misleading documents given by applicant
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### sec.70 False or misleading documents given by applicant
A person, in making an application for registration or a registration endorsement, must not give the board a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document—
informs the board, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
gives the correct information to the board if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
(sec.70-ssec.1) A person, in making an application for registration or a registration endorsement, must not give the board a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.70-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the board, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the board if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
- (a) informs the board, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) gives the correct information to the board if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.