Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a person applies duress to an author, or to a person representing an author, in connection with the giving of a consent for the purposes of section 195AW or 195AWA, the consent does not have any effect.
(2) If:
(a) a person makes a statement to another person; and
(b) the person makes the statement knowing:
(i) that the statement is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(ii) that a matter or thing has been omitted from the statement without which the statement is false or misleading in a material particular; and
(c) the person makes the statement with the intention of persuading the other person to give, or not to give, a consent for the purposes of section 195AW or 195AWA;
the consent does not have any effect.