Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) If the misrepresentation mentioned in section 177 (1) is made by a person acting in the course of his or her employment, the person's employer commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
(2) If the misrepresentation mentioned in section 177 (1) is made by a person authorised to act for someone else, the other person commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section—
(a) that the defendant took reasonable precautions to prevent misrepresentations being made by the defendant's employees or people acting for the defendant; or
(b) that the defendant did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the representation was made or that it was untrue.