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PRIVACY ACT 1988 - SECT 18R

False or misleading credit reports

             (1)  A credit reporting agency or credit provider must not give to any other person or body (whether or not the other person or body is a credit reporting agency or credit provider) a credit report that contains false or misleading information.

             (2)  A credit reporting agency or credit provider that intentionally contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding $75,000.



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