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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Enforcement - Offences

113: False or misleading certificates

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"Lying or being careless on official documents can get you in trouble and cost you up to $5,000."

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If you put false or misleading information in a certificate under this Act, you commit an offence. You do this if you knowingly include false information or if you are careless and include false information. You can be fined up to $5,000 if you are found guilty of this offence. This applies to any certificate that is part of the Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017.

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Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction
Enforcement: Offences

113False or misleading certificates

  1. A person commits an offence if the person—

  2. includes or causes to be included in any certificate under this Act any particular that he or she knows to be false or misleading in any material respect; or
    1. negligently includes or negligently causes to be included in any such certificate any particular that is false or misleading in any material respect.

      1. A person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.