Tow Truck Act 2023
sec.80False or misleading information
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sec.80 False or misleading information
A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an official information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who gives information in a document if, when giving the information, the person— tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. In this section— official means the chief executive or an authorised officer. (sec.80-ssec.1) A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an official information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. (sec.80-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who gives information in a document if, when giving the information, the person— tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.80-ssec.3) In this section— official means the chief executive or an authorised officer.
- (a) tells the official, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and
- (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.