Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PRODUCT GRANTS AND BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 29

    Despite the provisions of Part   3 and the entitlement Acts, if:

  (a)   you make a false statement to a person who is exercising powers, or performing functions, under or in connection with this Act or an entitlement Act; and

  (b)   you do so knowing that, or reckless as to whether, the statement:

  (i)   is false or misleading in a material particular; or

  (ii)   omits any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular; and

  (c)   the amount of a grant or benefit that would have been payable to you in respect of a claim period if the statement was not false exceeds the amount of the grant or benefit properly payable to you in respect of that claim period;

you are disqualified, and are taken to have been disqualified, from receiving that grant or benefit in relation to the period:

  (d)   beginning at the start of that claim period; and

  (e)   ending at the end of 2 years or such shorter period as is determined by the Commissioner.

Note:   Recklessly making a false statement can be an offence against section   8N of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .