Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage Act 2003
sec.150False or misleading documents
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sec.150 False or misleading documents
A person must not give an authorised officer 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 if the person, when giving the document— tells the authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.150-ssec.1) A person must not give an authorised officer a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.150-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document— tells the authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.
- (a) tells the authorised officer, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.