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THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1989 - SECT 31D False or misleading information

THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1989 - SECT 31D

False or misleading information

  (1)   A person to whom a notice is given under section   31A, 31AA, 31B or 31BA commits 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.

Note:   For the liability of an executive officer of a body corporate, see sections   54B and 54BA.

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

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

  (b)   the information:

  (i)   is false or misleading; or

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

Penalty:   100 penalty units.

  (1B)   An offence against subsection   (1A) is an offence of strict liability.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) or (1A) does not apply as a result of subparagraph   (1)(b)(i) or (1A)(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): see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .

  (3)   Subsection   (1) or (1A) does not apply as a result of subparagraph   (1)(b)(ii) or (1A)(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): see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .

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