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Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994
sec.131False, misleading or incomplete documents
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### sec.131 False, misleading or incomplete documents
A person must not give to the chief executive, an authorised person or a review panel a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document to the chief executive, authorised person or review panel—
informs the chief executive, authorised person or review panel, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and
gives the correct information to the chief executive, authorised person or review panel if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) is sufficient if it states that the statement made was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge.
In this section—
document includes a report under this or another Act.
s 131 amd 2000 No. 6 s 69 ; 2004 No. 9 s 33 ; 2008 No. 67 s 34 ; 2008 No. 66 s 4 sch pt 2
(sec.131-ssec.1) A person must not give to the chief executive, an authorised person or a review panel a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.
(sec.131-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document to the chief executive, authorised person or review panel— informs the chief executive, authorised person or review panel, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and gives the correct information to the chief executive, authorised person or review panel if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
(sec.131-ssec.3) A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) is sufficient if it states that the statement made was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge.
(sec.131-ssec.4) In this section— document includes a report under this or another Act.
- (a) informs the chief executive, authorised person or review panel, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and
- (b) gives the correct information to the chief executive, authorised person or review panel if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.