33DFalse or misleading statements in connection with licensing

33D False or misleading statements in connection with licensing

(1) A person must not, in or in relation to an application for the grant, variation, transfer, relocation or renewal of a licence, make a statement that is false or misleading because of—

(a) the inclusion in the statement of false or misleading matter; or

(b) the omission from the statement of material matter.

(2) It is an exception to an offence against subsection (1) if the accused—

(a) believed on reasonable grounds that the false matter was true; or

(b) believed on reasonable grounds that the misleading matter was not misleading; or

(c) in the case of an omission—

(i) believed on reasonable grounds that no material had been omitted, being material the omission of which would make the statement false or misleading; or

(ii) did not know that the omitted matter was material.

S. 33E inserted by No. 51/2024 s. 35.