TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 52
False or misleading statements
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 52
False or misleading statements
52 False or misleading statements
(1) In this section—
"official" means the chief executive, the commissioner, an authorised officer,
an accredited person or the SPEA administering authority for a camera-detected
offence.
(2) A person must not state anything to an official for a transport
Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) if the statement relates to a heavy
vehicle, a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle or the transport of dangerous
goods—100 penalty units; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and the
statement is made in an online declaration under section 114—60 penalty
units or 2 years imprisonment; or
(c) otherwise—60 penalty units.
(3) It
is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection
(2) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s
knowledge.