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ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 148 False or misleading information

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 148

False or misleading information

S. 148(1) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 48(Sch.  1 item 2).

    (1)     A person must not give information that is false or misleading in a material particular to Energy Safe Victoria or to an employee of Energy Safe Victoria in connection with an application, notice or submission under this Act or the regulations.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1), it is a defence for the accused to prove that the accused believed on reasonable grounds—

        (a)     in the case of false information, that the information was true; and

        (b)     in the case of misleading information, that the information was not misleading.

S. 148A inserted by No. 59/2011 s. 21.