Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not, in trade or commerce, in connection with the sale of stock, make a representation about a prescribed matter for the stock the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) It is enough for a complaint for an offence against subsection (1) to state the representation made was 'false or misleading' to the person's knowledge, without specifying which.
(3) In this section—
prescribed matter means—
(a) the property from which the stock were sourced for the sale; or
(b) the period the stock were held on the property; or
(c) the accreditation of the property by an industry body for the stock; or
(d) the treatment of the stock with, or other exposure of the stock to, a chemical or drug (other than a hormonal growth promotant); or
(e) the feeding of the stock; or
(f) another matter prescribed under a regulation.