Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MINERALS (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1981 No. 81, 1981 - SECT 59

59. (1) A person shall not, in, or in connection with, an application under
this Part -

   (a)  make a statement that is to his knowledge false or misleading in a
        material particular; or

   (b)  omit to state any matter or thing without which the application is to
        his knowledge misleading in a material respect.

(2) A person shall not, in, or in connection with an application under this
Part, submit to, or lodge with, a Joint Authority, a member of a Joint
Authority, a Designated Authority or any other person doing duty in relation
to this Act, a document that -

   (a)  contains a statement that is to his knowledge false or misleading in a
        material particular; or

   (b)  does not contain a statement of a matter or thing without which the
        document is to his knowledge false or misleading in a material
        respect.

(3) A person who is required, under section 58, to furnish information shall
not, in purported compliance with the requirement, furnish information that is
to his knowledge false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: $10,000.