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TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 53
False or misleading documents, generally
53 False or misleading documents, generally
(1) In this section—
"official" means the chief executive, the commissioner, an authorised officer,
an accredited person or the SPEA administering authority for a camera-detected
offence.
(2) A person must not give, for a transport Act, an official a
document containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a
material particular. Penalty— Maximum penalty— (a) if the document
relates to a heavy vehicle, a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle or the
transport of dangerous goods—100 penalty units; or
(b) if paragraph (a)
does not apply and the document is, or is part of, an online declaration under
section 114 —60 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
(c)
otherwise—60 penalty units.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person
if the person, when giving the document— (a) informs the official, to the
best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and
(b) if the
person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the
correct information.
(4) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an
offence against subsection (2) to state that the information given was false
or misleading to the person’s knowledge.
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