Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VET STUDENT LOANS ACT 2016 - SECT 106

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   a person gives information or a document:

  (i)   to a VET officer; or

  (ii)   otherwise under, or for the purpose of, this Act; and

  (b)   the information or document:

  (i)   is false or misleading; or

  (ii)   omits any matter or thing without which the information or document is misleading.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the information or document is not false or misleading in a material particular.

  (3)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Note:   A person may commit an offence if the person provides false or misleading information or documents: see sections   137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code .

Civil penalty:   240 penalty units.