BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 246 Offence to give false or misleading statements or documents
BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 246
Offence to give false or misleading statements or documents(1) A person must not knowingly make any false or misleading statement or provide any false or misleading information to a person or body carrying out any function under this Act or the regulations.
Penalty: 60 penalty units, in the case of a natural person;
300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.
(2) A person must not produce a document, to a person or body carrying out any function under this Act or the regulations, which the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular without indicating the respect in which it is false or misleading and, if practicable, providing correct information.
Penalty: 60 penalty units, in the case of a natural person;
300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.