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Land Transport Act 1998

Offences relating to driving (other than alcohol- and drug-related offences) and penalties - Other offences

44: Contravention of section 14

You could also call this:

“Telling lies or giving wrong information when you're supposed to tell the truth about driving”

If you have to give information or make a declaration under this Act, you must tell the truth. If you knowingly give false or misleading information, you are breaking the law. This is called an offence.

If you are found guilty of this offence, you might have to pay a fine. The most you could be fined is $10,000.

This law doesn’t change anything about section 111 of the Crimes Act 1961. That section of the Crimes Act still applies.

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Other offences

44Contravention of section 14

  1. A person commits an offence if the person is required by or under this Act to give any specified information or gives a statutory declaration for any purpose under this Act, and, in response to that requirement, or in that declaration, gives information that the person knows to be false or misleading.

  2. The maximum penalty on conviction for an offence against subsection (1) is a fine not exceeding $10,000.

  3. Nothing in this section affects section 111 of the Crimes Act 1961.

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