Carbon Pricing Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Administration and Enforcement, Etc.
53. False statements, forging of documentation, etc.
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makes or causes to be made any entry in a record, register or other document required to be kept under this Act which the person knows is false or misleading in any material particular; or
document
“document” includes, in addition to a document in writing —(a)any map, plan, graph or drawing;(b)any photograph;(c)any label, marking or other writing which identifies or describes anything of which it forms a part, or to which it is attached by any means;(d)any disc, tape, soundtrack or other device in which sounds or other data (not being visual images) are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced from it;(e)any film (including microfilm), negative, tape, disc or other device in which one or more visual images are embodied so as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment) of being reproduced from it; and(f)any paper or other material on which there are marks, impressions, figures, letters, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them;
in response to any requirement or notice of an authorised officer under this Part, provides any information, document or statement that the person knows is false or misleading in any material particular,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.