New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUBSIDY ACT 1997 - SECT 27

27 False or misleading statements

(1) A person who:

(a) in connection with an application for a subsidy or for registration, or in connection with any other application under this Act or the regulations, makes a statement, or

(b) gives an answer, whether orally or in writing, to a question put to the person for any of the purposes of this Act or the regulations by the Chief Commissioner or an authorised officer,

that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) A person who:

(a) in furnishing any information, or

(b) in giving any notification, or

(c) in keeping any record,

pursuant to this Act or the regulations, makes any statement or representation that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(3) Any person who, in connection with a purchase or proposed purchase of petroleum products, falsely represents that the person is a zone consumer or a zone retailer, is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.