Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Rail Safety Act 2006 - SECT 57

False or misleading information

57. False or misleading information



(1) A person must not in, or in relation to an application for-

   (a)  an accreditation; or

   (b)  a variation of accreditation; or

   (c)  a variation of a condition or restriction of an accreditation-

give information that is false or misleading in a material detail. Penalty: In
the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or
both; In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.

(2) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1), it is a defence to
the charge for the accused to prove that at the time at which the offence is
alleged to have been committed, the accused believed on reasonable grounds-

   (a)  in the case of false information-that the information was true; or

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

Division 5-Disciplinary action