Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00125:clause:1_70
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00125
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 70
Character Range: 45022–46925

70  At the end of section 146 of the Code set out in the Schedule
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Civil penalties
 (3) A person must not, for the purposes of, or in connection with, the consideration by the APVMA, in the course of the performance of any of its functions or the exercise of any of its powers under this Code, of any matters referred to in section 5A, 5B, 5C or 5D or subsection 123(1):
 (a) give information (whether orally or in writing) that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (b) produce a document that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular without:
 (i) indicating to the person to whom the document is produced that it is false or misleading and the respect in which it is false or misleading; and
 (ii) providing correct information to that person if the person producing the document is in possession of, or can reasonably acquire, the correct information.
 (4) A person must not, for the purposes of, or in connection with, the consideration by the APVMA, in the course of the performance of any of its functions or the exercise of any of its powers under this Code, of any matters other than matters referred to in subsection (3):
 (a) give information (whether orally or in writing) that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (b) produce a document that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular without:
 (i) indicating to the person to whom the document is produced that it is false or misleading and the respect in which it is false or misleading; and
 (ii) providing correct information to that person if the person producing the document is in possession of, or can reasonably acquire, the correct information.
 (5) Subsections (3) and (4) are civil penalty provisions.
Note: Division 2 provides for pecuniary penalties for contraventions of civil penalty provisions.