Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00218:clause:1_169
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00218
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 169
Character Range: 28702–29224

169  Giving false evidence
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person gives evidence at a hearing of a Financial Services and Credit Panel; and
 (b) the evidence is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: 2 years imprisonment.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person, when giving the evidence, reasonably believed that it was true and not misleading.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).