Western Australian Current Acts

BUILDING ACT 2011 - SECT 147

147 .         False or misleading information

        (1)         A person must not do any of the things set out in subsection (2) —

            (a)         in relation to an application under this Act; or

            (b)         in relation to the compliance, or purported compliance, with any requirement or direction under this Act to give information to, or answer a question of, a permit authority, police officer or authorised person.

        Penalty: a fine of $25 000.

        (2)         The things to which subsection (1) applies are —

            (a)         making a statement which the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or

            (b)         making a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, with reckless disregard as to whether or not the statement is false or misleading in a material particular; or

            (c)         providing, or causing to be provided, information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or

            (d)         providing, or causing to be provided, information that is false or misleading in a material particular, with reckless disregard as to whether the information is false or misleading in a material particular.