Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person includes information in transport documentation for dangerous goods; and
(b) the documentation is false or misleading; and
(c) the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the documentation is false or misleading.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) (b) and (c) does not apply if the document is not false or misleading in a material particular.
Example—false information
a person named as consignor of the dangerous goods if the person is not the consignor of the goods
Note 1 Giving false or misleading information is an offence against the Criminal Code, s 338.
Note 2 An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).