Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a statement made or document given to the chief executive.
(2) A person must not state anything to the chief executive the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(3) A person must not give the chief executive a document the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who, when giving the document—
(a) informs the chief executive, to the best of the person's ability, how it is false or misleading; and
(b) gives the correct information to the chief executive if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information.
(5) It is enough for a complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) or (3) to state the information or document was false or misleading to the person's knowledge, without specifying which.