Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The holder of a government certificate in relation to a kind of goods must comply with subsection (2) if:
(a) the holder becomes aware that information included in the application for the certificate made by the holder, or information or a document given to the issuing body in relation to such an application, was incomplete or incorrect; or
(b) a change prescribed by the rules occurs.
(2) The holder of the government certificate must, as soon as practicable, give the issuing body additional or corrected information, to the extent that it is relevant to assessing whether:
(a) the requirements of this Act in relation to the export of the goods in relation to which the certificate was issued have been complied with, or will be complied with before the goods are imported into the importing country; or
(b) the importing country requirements relating to the goods in relation to which the certificate was issued have been met, or will be met before the goods are imported into the importing country; or
(c) the matters stated in the government certificate in relation to the goods are true and correct.
Note 1: A person may commit an offence or be liable to a civil penalty if the person makes a false or misleading statement in an application or provides false or misleading information or documents (see sections 136.1, 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code and sections 367, 368 and 369 of this Act).
Note 2: This section is not subject to the privilege against self - incrimination (see section 426).
(3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if:
(a) the person is required to give information to the issuing body under subsection (2); and
(b) the person fails to comply with the requirement.
Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.