Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING INDUSTRY FAIRNESS (SECURITY OF PAYMENT) ACT 2017 - SECT 200D

200D False or misleading information in particular documents

(1) This section applies to the following documents—

(a) a notice of a deposit or withdrawal given under section 23A or 40A ;

(b) a supporting statement accompanying a payment claim under section 75 .

(2) A person must not give a document to another person that includes information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document—

(a) tells the recipient, to the best of the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading; and

(b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information to the recipient.