Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ACT 1994 No. 176 of 1994 - SECT 60

False statements not to be made
60.(1) A person must not make a false statement to a person who is exercising
powers or performing functions under, or in connection with, subsection 59(2).
Note: Subsection 59(2) deals with claims for payments.

Offence

(2) A person who intentionally or recklessly contravenes subsection (1) is
guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 12 months.

Definition

(3) In this section:

"false statement" means a statement (whether made orally, in a document or in
any other way) that:

   (a)  is false or misleading in a material particular; or

   (b)  omits any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in
        a material particular.