Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINING AND QUARRYING SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1999 - SECT 176

176 False or misleading statements

(1) A person must not state anything to an inspector, inspection officer, authorised officer or district workers’ representative the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to allege and prove that the statement made was ‘false or misleading’ to the person’s knowledge, without specifying which.