sec.43False, misleading or incomplete documents

sec.43 False, misleading or incomplete documents

A person must not give a document for this Act containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months. an applicant knowingly giving the chief executive an application form containing false information Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the person to whom the document is given, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the person giving the document has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge. (sec.43-ssec.1) A person must not give a document for this Act containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months. an applicant knowingly giving the chief executive an application form containing false information (sec.43-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the person to whom the document is given, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and if the person giving the document has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.43-ssec.3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge.

• (a) informs the person to whom the document is given, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and
• (b) if the person giving the document has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.