sec.534False or misleading information or documents

### sec.534 False or misleading information or documents This section applies to a statement made or document given— to the Regulator or WorkCover for the purpose of its functions under this Act; or to an entity or person as a self-insurer; or to a registered person for the purpose of an application for compensation or a claim for damages. A person must not state anything to the Regulator, WorkCover, a self-insurer or a registered person the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. A person must not give the Regulator, WorkCover, a self-insurer or a registered person a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the Regulator, WorkCover, the self-insurer or the registered person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the Regulator, WorkCover, the self-insurer or the registered person, if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) or (3) to state the information or document was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which. s 534 amd 2013 No. 52 s 114 sch 2 (sec.534-ssec.1) This section applies to a statement made or document given— to the Regulator or WorkCover for the purpose of its functions under this Act; or to an entity or person as a self-insurer; or to a registered person for the purpose of an application for compensation or a claim for damages. (sec.534-ssec.2) A person must not state anything to the Regulator, WorkCover, a self-insurer or a registered person the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.534-ssec.3) A person must not give the Regulator, WorkCover, a self-insurer or a registered person a document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.534-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document— informs the Regulator, WorkCover, the self-insurer or the registered person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and gives the correct information to the Regulator, WorkCover, the self-insurer or the registered person, if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. (sec.534-ssec.5) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) or (3) to state the information or document was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which. - (a) to the Regulator or WorkCover for the purpose of its functions under this Act; or - (b) to an entity or person as a self-insurer; or - (c) to a registered person for the purpose of an application for compensation or a claim for damages. - (a) informs the Regulator, WorkCover, the self-insurer or the registered person, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and - (b) gives the correct information to the Regulator, WorkCover, the self-insurer or the registered person, if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.