Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2017 (83 of 2017)

Schedule 3 Amendment of the Higher Education Support Act 2003

Insert:

238-1A Giving false or misleading information

(1) A person contravenes this subsection if:

(a) a person gives information or a document under, or for the purposes 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.

Civil penalty: 60 penalty units.

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