Prohibition on providing false information

In plain language

You must not provide false or misleading information to the authorities when applying for drone-related permits, licences, or registrations.

Requirement as structured

It is an offence for a person, when providing their name, address or other proof of identity on demand to an authorised person under regulation 49(1), to make a statement they know to be false or to recklessly make a false statement; the penalty on conviction is a fine not exceeding $20,000 for a first offence and, for a second or subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding $40,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 months, or both.

Original regulatory text

49.—(1) An authorised person may require a person whom the authorised person has reasonable grounds to suspect is about to contravene, has contravened or is contravening any provision of these Regulations, to provide the person’s name, address or other proof of identity on demand. (2) A person who — (a) without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1); or (b) in providing any information so required under paragraph (1), makes a statement which the person knows to be false, or recklessly makes a statement which is false, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction — (c) for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and (d) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 months or to both.