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WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013 - SECT 583

False or misleading information

    (1)     A provider of a professional service or a person on behalf of such a provider must not give another person information knowing that it may be used in connection with a claim for compensation under this Act, the Accident Compensation Act 1985 or the Workers Compensation Act 1958 if the provider or person knows that the information is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 180 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both;

In the case of a body corporate, 900 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not use information given by a provider of a professional service or by a person on behalf of such a provider in connection with a claim for compensation under this Act, the Accident Compensation Act 1985 or the Workers Compensation Act 1958 if the person knows that the information is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 180 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both;

In the case of a body corporate, 900 penalty units.



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