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Biosecurity Act 1993

Enforcement, offences, and penalties - Offences

154NA: Section 154NA offence relating to failure to update information supplied in advance

You could also call this:

"Breaking the law by not updating incorrect information you gave to officials"

If you give information to the Director-General, the Ministry, or an official for a purpose under the Biosecurity Act 1993, and that information becomes incorrect or misleading after you supply it, you need to update it. You must do this before a deadline set by the Act, and before you are told about any decision made based on the information you gave. If you know, or should know, that the information is incorrect or misleading, and you do not take reasonable steps to update it as soon as possible, you are committing an offence under this Act.

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Offences

154NASection 154NA offence relating to failure to update information supplied in advance

  1. This section applies to a person, and to information that the person supplies to the Director-General, the Ministry, or an official, if—

  2. the person supplies the information for the purposes of an enactment in or made under this Act, and before the deadline prescribed by or under this Act for doing so; and
    1. the information becomes erroneous, or misleading in a material particular, after it is supplied but before that deadline and before the person is notified of any decision made in response to the information.

      1. The person commits an offence against this Act if the person—

      2. knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the information has become erroneous or misleading in a material particular; and
        1. fails to take all reasonable steps to supply to the Director-General, the Ministry, or an official, as soon as is reasonably practicable, replacement information that is not erroneous, or misleading in a material particular.

          Notes
          • Section 154NA: inserted, on , by section 12 of the Biosecurity (Border Processing—Trade Single Window) Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 11).