PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES ACT 1998

CHAPTER 4 - PROVISIONS APPLYING BOTH TO INCENTIVE PAYMENTS SCHEME AND TO PREMIUMS REDUCTION SCHEME  

PART 7 - GENERAL  

Division 19 - Miscellaneous  

SECTION 19-25  

19-25   FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION  

A person is guilty of an offence if the person gives to the Medicare Australia CEO or to a * health fund under this Act any information that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.

Note:

Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.