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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 210

False or misleading information

    (1)     A person must not—

        (a)     give information that is false or misleading in a material particular; or

        (b)     make a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular; or

        (c)     produce a document that is false or misleading in a material particular—

to the Secretary, a Council, the Chief Health Officer or an authorised officer under this Act or the regulations without indicating the respect in which it is false or misleading and, if practicable, providing correct information.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units;

In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not make an entry in a document required to be kept by this Act or the regulations that is false or misleading.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units;

In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.

    (3)     In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) or (2) it is a defence to the charge for the accused to prove that at the time at which the offence is alleged to have been committed, the accused believed on reasonable grounds that the information, statement or document was true or was not misleading.



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