sec.79False or misleading information and documents

### sec.79 False or misleading information and documents A person must not— make a statement to an authorised officer that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or omit from a statement made to an authorised officer anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) is sufficient if it states that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge. A person must not give to an authorised officer a document containing information that the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. Subsection (3) does not apply to a person if, when the person gives the document to the authorised officer, the person— indicates to the officer that the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and indicates the respect in which the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and gives the correct information to the officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. (sec.79-ssec.1) A person must not— make a statement to an authorised officer that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or omit from a statement made to an authorised officer anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.79-ssec.2) A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) is sufficient if it states that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge. (sec.79-ssec.3) A person must not give to an authorised officer a document containing information that the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.79-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person if, when the person gives the document to the authorised officer, the person— indicates to the officer that the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and indicates the respect in which the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and gives the correct information to the officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. - (a) make a statement to an authorised officer that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or - (b) omit from a statement made to an authorised officer anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material particular. - (a) indicates to the officer that the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and - (b) indicates the respect in which the document is false, misleading or incomplete; and - (c) gives the correct information to the officer if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.