Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00168:section:106
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00168
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 106
Character Range: 168332–169106

106  Giving false or misleading information
 (1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) a person gives information or a document:
 (i) to a VET officer; or
 (ii) otherwise under, or for the purpose of, this Act; and
 (b) the information or document:
 (i) is false or misleading; or
 (ii) omits any matter or thing without which the information or document is misleading.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the information or document is not false or misleading in a material particular.
 (3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Note: A person may commit an offence if the person provides false or misleading information or documents: see sections 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code.
Civil penalty: 240 penalty units.