New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 23C

23C Offences in relation to failing to provide proof of claim or representation

(1) A person on whom a notice under section 23A is served is guilty of an offence if the person:

(a) fails to provide proof sufficient to support the claim or representation, or

(b) fails to provide that proof within the time specified in the notice, or

(c) provides any information to the Director-General that is false or misleading in a material particular.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution under subsection (1) (c) if the defendant proves that the defendant did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that the information was false or misleading.