Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DENTAL BENEFITS ACT 2008 - SECT 50

Offence

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person makes, or authorises the making of, an oral or written statement; and

  (b)   the statement is false or misleading in a material particular; and

  (c)   the statement is capable of being used in connection with a claim for dental benefit.

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

Strict liability

  (2)   An offence under subsection   (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability, see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

Prosecution--time limit

  (3)   Despite section   15B of the Crimes Act 1914 , a prosecution for an offence under subsection   (1) must be instituted within 3 years after the time at which the statement is alleged to have been made.