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Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Enforcement and other matters - Offences - Infringement offences

78: Providing false information to enforcement officer

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"Telling lies or giving wrong info to an enforcement officer is against the law"

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If you give false or misleading information to an enforcement officer, you commit an infringement offence. You do not have to mean to give false information to commit this offence. If you commit this offence, you may have to pay an infringement fee of $1,000 or a fine of up to $2,000 imposed by a court.

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Part 3Enforcement and other matters
Offences: Infringement offences

78Providing false information to enforcement officer

  1. A person commits an infringement offence who provides information to an enforcement officer that is false or misleading in any material respect.

  2. In prosecuting an offence against subsection (1), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant intentionally or recklessly committed the offence.

  3. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable to—

  4. an infringement fee of $1,000; or
    1. a fine imposed by a court not exceeding $2,000.