Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person who,
seeking or receiving legal assistance, with intent to deceive or mislead the
Commission, the Director, a member of the staff, a legal aid committee or a
review committee, withholds information required to be furnished under the
rules or, in furnishing information so required, makes a statement or
representation that is false in any material particular commits an offence.
Penalty: $5 000.
(2) A person who, with
intent to deceive or mislead the Commission, the Director a member of the
staff, a legal aid committee or a review committee makes a statement or
representation that is false in any material particular commits an offence.
Penalty: $5 000.
(3) The amount of any
loss sustained by the Fund by reason of an offence under this section may,
whether or not the offender has been prosecuted, be recovered by the
Commission from the offender in a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Section 65 amended by No. 73 of 1992
s. 17.]