sec.283EFalse or misleading document

### sec.283E False or misleading document 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. It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state the document was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which. s 283E ins 2005 No. 22 s 11 (sec.283E-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.283E-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. (sec.283E-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state the document was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which. - (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.