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Water Act 1992
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89 Misleading information
(a) the person intentionally gives information to another person
(the recipient); and
(b) the information is misleading and the person has knowledge of
that circumstance; and
(c) the recipient is acting in an official capacity and the person
has knowledge of that circumstance.
(a) the person intentionally gives a document to the recipient; and
(b) the document contains misleading information and the person
has knowledge of that circumstance; and
(c) the recipient is acting in an official capacity and the person
has knowledge of that circumstance.
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subsection (2) if the person, when giving the document:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the recipient's
attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives
the recipient the information necessary to remedy the
misleading aspect of the document.
(4) In this section:
acting in an official capacity, in relation to a recipient, means the
recipient is exercising powers or performing functions under, or
otherwise related to the administration of, this Act.
misleading information means information that is misleading in a
material particular or because of the omission of a material
particular.