NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 30 False or misleading statements etc.

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 30

  (1)   A person who:

  (a)   makes to the Minister, the Director, an inspector, an Agency inspector or another person exercising a power, or performing a function or duty, in relation to this Act a statement, either orally or in writing, that is to the knowledge of the person false or misleading in a material particular; or

  (b)   presents to the Minister, the Director, an inspector, an Agency inspector or another person exercising a power, or performing a function or duty, in relation to this Act a book, document or other record that is to the knowledge of the person false or misleading in a material particular;

commits an offence against this subsection punishable, upon conviction, by imprisonment for not more than 2 years.

  (2)   Without limiting the generality of subsection   ( 1), a reference in that subsection to the making of a statement or the presenting of a book, document or other record shall be read as including a reference to making a statement or presenting a book, document or other record pursuant to a condition of a permit or authority.

  (3)   Section   15.2 of the Criminal Code (extended geographical jurisdiction--category B) applies to an offence against subsection   ( 1) of this section.