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TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 52

False or misleading statements

52 False or misleading statements

(1) In this section—

"official" means the chief executive, the commissioner, an authorised officer, an accredited person or the SPEA administering authority for a camera-detected offence.
(2) A person must not state anything to an official for a transport Act that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) if the statement relates to a heavy vehicle, a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle or the transport of dangerous goods—100 penalty units; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and the statement is made in an online declaration under section 114 —60 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
(c) otherwise—60 penalty units.
(3) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) to state that the statement made was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge.



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