A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

PART 6 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO INFORMATION  

Division 3 - False statements etc  

Subdivision B - Offences  

SECTION 173   False statement to deceive  

173(1)    
A person contravenes this section if:


(a) the person makes a statement; and


(b) the statement is false or misleading; and


(c) the person is reckless as to whether the statement is false or misleading; and


(d) the person is reckless as to whether the statement:


(i) deceives, or might deceive, an officer or an approved provider exercising powers, or performing duties, under the family assistance law; or

(ii) affects, or might affect, an entitlement to a payment of family assistance under the family assistance law; or

(iii) affects, or might affect, the rate or amount of a payment of family assistance under the family assistance law; or

(iv) affects, or might affect, eligibility for CCS for a child.

173(2)    
For the purposes of an offence against section 177 that relates to a contravention of subsection (1) of this section, strict liability applies to the following elements of the offence:


(a) the element that a power, duty or function is a power, duty or function under the family assistance law;


(b) the element that a payment is a payment under the family assistance law.




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