NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 157
False or misleading information
NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 157
False or misleading information
157 False or misleading information
(1) A person must not—
(a) make a statement to a conservation officer that
the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b) omit
from a statement made to a conservation officer anything without which the
statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material
particular.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) A
complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) is
sufficient if it states that the information given was false or misleading to
the person’s knowledge.