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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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