Victorian Current Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 63F

    (1)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, wilfully obstruct, hinder or resist the Information Commissioner, the Public Access Deputy Commissioner, a delegate of the Information Commissioner or the Public Access Deputy Commissioner or a member of staff of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, in—

        (a)     performing, or attempting to perform, a function or duty under this Act; or

        (b)     exercising, or attempting to exercise, a power under this Act.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, provide information or make a statement to the Information Commissioner, the Public Access Deputy Commissioner, a delegate of the Information Commissioner or the Public Access Deputy Commissioner, or a member of staff of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner knowing that it is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (3)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, mislead or attempt to mislead the Information Commissioner, the Public Access Deputy Commissioner, a delegate of the Information Commissioner or the Public Access Deputy Commissioner, or a member of staff of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

S. 63G inserted by No. 20/2017 s. 71.