Transport Infrastructure (Public Marine Facilities) Regulation 2023
sec.79Giving authorised officer false or misleading information
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sec.79 Giving authorised officer false or misleading information
A person must not, in relation to the administration of this regulation, give an authorised officer information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document— tells the authorised officer, 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.79-ssec.1) A person must not, in relation to the administration of this regulation, give an authorised officer information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.79-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document— tells the authorised officer, 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.
- (a) tells the authorised officer, 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.