Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00016:section:31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00016
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 31
Character Range: 45680–46573

31  False or misleading declaration

Offence
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person signs a declaration; and
 (b) the person does so knowing that:
 (i) the declaration is false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (ii) the declaration omits a matter or thing without which the declaration is misleading in a material particular; and
 (c) the declaration is made in an application for an approval under the rules.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.

Civil penalty provision
 (2) A person contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) the person signs a declaration; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the declaration is false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (ii) the declaration omits a matter or thing without which the declaration is misleading in a material particular; and
 (c) the declaration is made in an application for an approval under the rules.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.