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Fisheries Act 1996

Offences and penalties

231: Knowingly making false statement or using false document to obtain benefit

You could also call this:

"It's against the law to lie or use false information to get a benefit under the Fisheries Act"

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You commit an offence if you knowingly make a false statement to get a benefit under the Fisheries Act 1996. You do this when you make a false or misleading statement, or leave out important information, in any application or record. This applies to any communication or return that is required by the Act. You also commit an offence if you use or rely on false information to get a benefit. This includes using false records or applications, or getting someone else to use them. You can get in trouble for doing this. If you commit one of these offences, you can be penalised as stated in section 252(1). This is the penalty you will face if you break the rules. You will be liable for this penalty if you commit an offence under the Act.

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Part 13Offences and penalties

231Knowingly making false statement or using false document to obtain benefit

  1. A person commits an offence if the person knowingly, for the purpose of obtaining any benefit under this Act,—

  2. makes any false or misleading statement; or
    1. omits any information—

        1. in any communication, application, record, or return prescribed by or in accordance with this Act, or required for its administration.

      1. Every person commits an offence who knowingly, for the purpose of obtaining any benefit under this Act,—

      2. uses, deals with, or acts upon; or
        1. causes any other person to use, deal with, or act upon—
            1. any false communication, application, record, or return prescribed by or in accordance with this Act, or required for its administration.

          1. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) or subsection (2) is liable to the penalty set out in section 252(1).

          Notes
          • Section 231 heading: amended, on , by section 52 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).
          • Section 231(1): substituted, on , by section 52 of the Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 101).