224Offence to provide false or misleading information

224 Offence to provide false or misleading information (1) A person must not either deliberately or recklessly— (a) provide any information under this Act that is false or misleading in a material detail; or (b) provide under this Act any document that is false or misleading in a material detail; or (c) make any representation under this Act that provides a false or misleading impression of a material detail; or (d) fail to include any material matter in any information or document provided under this Act if the failure causes the information or document to be false or misleading; or (e) engage in conduct, or a course of conduct, for a purpose that is relevant to this Act, if that conduct is misleading or deceptive, or is likely to mislead or deceive. S. 224(2) amended by No. 56/2025 s. 28. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any conduct that is an offence under section 220AA (false reports to officers). (3) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply if, at the time the person provided the document to the person or body to whom the document was provided, the person either— (a) informed that person or body that the record contained a material detail that was false or misleading and specified in what respect it was false or misleading; or (b) took all reasonable steps to provide that person or body with that information. (4) A reference in this section to "under this Act" or "relevant to this Act" is to be read as including a reference to any purpose associated with this Act or the regulations, and regardless of whether the information, document, representation or conduct was required to be provided, or was provided voluntarily. S. 225 amended by Nos 100/1986 s. 38, 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 item 19.1), 60/1994 s. 25(2), 28/1996 s. 4(j), 45/1999 s. 28, 101/2003 s. 21(21)(22), substituted by No. 95/2005 s. 45 (as amended by No. 47/2006 s. 34).