Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 159

159 Giving authorised person false or misleading information

(1) A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give an authorised person information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to information given in relation to the administration of this Act whether or not the information was given in response to a specific power under this Act.

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

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

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