Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 192

                   A person must not:

                     (a)  in connection with an application made to the Regulator under this Act or the regulations; or

                     (b)  in compliance or purported compliance with this Act or the regulations;

do either of the following:

                     (c)  give information (whether orally or in writing) that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular;

                     (d)  produce a document that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular without:

                              (i)  indicating to the person to whom the document is produced that it is false or misleading, and the respect in which it is false or misleading; and

                             (ii)  providing correct information to that person, if the person producing the document is in possession of, or can reasonably acquire, the correct information.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year or 60 penalty units.

Note:          Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.