Western Australian Current Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (SCREENING) ACT 2004 - SECT 35

35 .         False or misleading information

                A person must not give information for the purposes of this Act that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular to —

            (a)         a person who employs, or proposes to employ, the person in child-related employment; or

            (b)         the CEO; or

            (ba)         an authorised officer; or

            (c)         if the person is a student, the person’s education provider.

        Penalty: a fine of $24 000 and imprisonment for 2 years.

        [Section 35 amended: No. 7 of 2010 s. 19; No. 47 of 2022 s. 30.]