Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00813:section:119
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00813
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 119
Character Range: 358223–359533

119  False or misleading statements
 (1) A person who:
 (a) makes a statement to an officer that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (b) omits from a statement made to an officer any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular;
commits an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
 (2) In a prosecution of a person for an offence against subsection (1), it is a defence if the person proves that the person:
 (a) did not know; and
 (b) could not reasonably be expected to have known;
that the statement to which the prosecution relates was false or misleading.
 (3) A reference in subsection (1) to a statement made to an officer is a reference to a statement made to a person exercising powers under or in relation to this Act, whether the statement is made orally, in a document or in any other form and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes a statement:
 (a) made in an application, form, notification, objection or other document made, given, lodged or furnished, or purporting to be made, given, lodged or furnished, under this Act;
 (b) made in answer to a question asked of the person under this Act; or
 (c) made in any information furnished, or purporting to be furnished, under this Act.