Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1989 - SECT 31D

             (1)  A person to whom a notice is given under section 31A, 31AA or 31B is guilty of an offence if:

                     (a)  the person gives information to the Secretary in compliance or purported compliance with the notice; and

                     (b)  the person does so knowing that the information:

                              (i)  is false or misleading; or

                             (ii)  omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 12 months or 1,000 penalty units, or both.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(i) if the information is not false or misleading in a material particular.

Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2).

             (3)  Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) if the information did not omit any matter or thing without which the information is misleading in a material particular.

Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3).