Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598:clause:1_491
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 491
Character Range: 1327919–1328823

491  Providing false or misleading information to authorised officer etc.
 (1) A person commits an offence if the person:
 (a) provides information or a document to another person (the recipient); and
 (b) knows the recipient is:
 (i) an authorised officer; or
 (ii) the Minister; or
 (iii) an employee or officer in the Department; or
 (iv) a commissioner;
  performing a duty or carrying out a function under this Act or the regulations; and
 (c) knows the information or document is false or misleading in a material particular.
 (2) The offence is punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term not more than 1 year, a fine not more than 60 penalty units, or both.
Note: Subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 lets a court fine a body corporate up to 5 times the maximum amount the court could fine a person under this subsection.

Division 18—Liability of executive officers for corporations