Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATUTORY BODIES FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS ACT 1982 - SECT 75

75 False or misleading documents

(1) A person must not give a document under section 71 or 72 to the Treasurer containing information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving the document—

(a) advises the Treasurer, in writing, 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.

(3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1) to state that the document was to the person’s knowledge false or misleading, without stating which.