New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 235C

235C False claims

(1) A person must not make a statement knowing that it is false or misleading in a material particular--

(a) in a claim made by the person, or

(b) in a medical certificate or other document that relates to a claim, or

(c) when furnishing information to any person concerning a claim or likely claim (whether the information is furnished by the person who makes or is entitled to make the claim or not).

: Maximum penalty--500 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) This section does not apply to statements--

(a) made in documents filed, or information furnished, in proceedings before a court, or

(b) made in the course of giving evidence on oath before the Commission, or

(c) made in any document or information in any case in which the person who made the statement did not know that the document or information was to be given, served or furnished in connection with a claim.

(3) This section applies to a statement even though it has been verified by statutory declaration.