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FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 176 False, misleading or incomplete documents

FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 176

False, misleading or incomplete documents

176 False, misleading or incomplete documents

(1) A person must not give the chief executive or an inspector a document containing information the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document—
(a) informs the chief executive or inspector, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false, misleading or incomplete; and
(b) gives the correct information to the chief executive or inspector if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
(3) A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) is sufficient if it states the document was false, misleading or incomplete to the person’s knowledge.