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Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Enforcement and other matters - Offences - Offences relating to licences, permits, and authorisations

69: Providing false or misleading information to Minister

You could also call this:

"Telling lies or giving wrong information to the Minister is not allowed"

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If you have a licence, permit, or authorisation under the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017, or if you are applying for one, you must not give the Minister false or misleading information. You will be in trouble if you give information that you know is not true or might be wrong in an important way. This applies to anything you tell the Minister for a purpose under this Act.

If you break this rule, you can get in trouble with the law. As an individual, you might have to pay a fine of up to $10,000. If you are a company, you might have to pay a fine of up to $50,000.

You can find more information about the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017 and the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Act 2025 on the New Zealand legislation website.

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Part 3Enforcement and other matters
Offences: Offences relating to licences, permits, and authorisations

69Providing false or misleading information to Minister

  1. A person commits an offence if the person—

  2. holds, or is an applicant for, a licence, permit, or authorisation under this Act; and
    1. for any purpose under this Act provides to the Minister information that the person knows or ought to know is false or misleading in any material respect.

      1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

      2. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $10,000; or
        1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

          Notes
          • Section 69 heading: replaced, on , by section 18(1) of the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 38).
          • Section 69(1): replaced, on , by section 18(2) of the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 38).