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AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 88.3

False or misleading records

  (1)   An approved provider must not, in purported compliance with subsection   88 - 1(1), make a record that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Note:   Approved providers have a responsibility under Part   4.3 to comply with this subsection. Failure to comply with a responsibility can result in a sanction being imposed under Part   7B of the * Quality and Safety Commission Act.

  (2)   If a person:

  (a)   in purported compliance with subsection   88 - 1(1), makes a record of any matter or thing; and

  (b)   the record is false or misleading in a material particular; and

  (c)   the record relates to the affairs of an approved provider that is a * corporation, or to the payment of a * subsidy;

the person commits an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 30 penalty units.

Note:   Chapter   2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.



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