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122Offence: giving false or misleading document to authorised officer#
(1)A person who gives or shows an authorised officer of the ESOS agency for a registered provider a document that is false or misleading in a material particular, in the course of complying or purporting to comply with a production or attendance notice given by the agency, commits an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
(2)However, the person does not commit the offence if the document is accompanied by a written statement signed by the person:
(b)setting out or referring to the material particular.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
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