sec.52False or misleading statements

### sec.52 False or misleading statements In this section— official means the chief executive, the commissioner, an authorised officer, an accredited person or the SPEA administering authority for a camera-detected offence. transport Act does not include the Tow Truck Act 2023 . A person must not, in relation to the administration of a transport Act, state anything to an official that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty— if the statement relates to a heavy vehicle, a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle or the transport of dangerous goods—100 penalty units; or if paragraph (a) does not apply and the statement is made in an online declaration under section 114 —60 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or otherwise—60 penalty units. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge. s 52 amd 1999 No. 42 s 31 ; 2007 No. 43 s 56 ; 2008 No. 67 s 75 ; 2008 No. 66 s 4 sch pt 2 ; 2019 No. 25 s 77 ; 2022 No. 10 s 58 ; 2023 No. 28 s 202 (sec.52-ssec.1) In this section— official means the chief executive, the commissioner, an authorised officer, an accredited person or the SPEA administering authority for a camera-detected offence. transport Act does not include the Tow Truck Act 2023 . (sec.52-ssec.2) A person must not, in relation to the administration of a transport Act, state anything to an official that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty— if the statement relates to a heavy vehicle, a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle or the transport of dangerous goods—100 penalty units; or if paragraph (a) does not apply and the statement is made in an online declaration under section 114 —60 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or otherwise—60 penalty units. (sec.52-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge. - (a) if the statement relates to a heavy vehicle, a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle or the transport of dangerous goods—100 penalty units; or - (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and the statement is made in an online declaration under section 114 —60 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or - (c) otherwise—60 penalty units.