New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (DRIVER LICENSING) ACT 1998 - SECT 22

22 Obtaining driver licence by false statements

(1) A person must not:

(a) by a false statement or any misrepresentation or other dishonest means, obtain or attempt to obtain a driver licence or the renewal of a driver licence, or

(b) without lawful authority or excuse, possess a driver licence obtained or renewed using those means.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A driver licence so obtained or renewed is void, and the Authority may alter the driver licence register accordingly.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a driver licence receipt issued by another jurisdiction.