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Vegetation Management Act 1999
sec.58False or misleading statements
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### sec.58 False or misleading statements
A person must not state anything to an authorised officer that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is enough to state that the statement made was, without specifying which, false or misleading.
s 58 amd 2018 No. 7 s 30
(sec.58-ssec.1) A person must not state anything to an authorised officer that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.58-ssec.2) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) , it is enough to state that the statement made was, without specifying which, false or misleading.