Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

HOUSING ACT 1982 - SECT 36

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person:

        (a)     gives the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) a document; and

        (b)     the document contains misleading information.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(b).

    (3)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the person, when giving the document:

        (a)     draws the misleading aspect of the document to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer (Housing); and

        (b)     to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) the information necessary to correct the document.

    (4)     A prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) must not, in relation to a loss or damage incurred by or to the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) as a consequence of the offence, interfere with or lessen a right or remedy by civil process by the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) against a person charged with that offence.

    (5)     In this section:

"Chief Executive Officer (Housing)" includes a person acting with the authority of the Chief Executive Officer (Housing), but does not include a public housing safety officer.

"misleading information" means information that is misleading in a material particular or because of the omission of a material particular.