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S 992/2021


Offence of false vaccination information or false reporting by diagnosed person

29.—(1) Where pursuant to a requirement by an employer to an employee thereof or by a principal to a worker thereof to provide vaccination information in order for the employer or principal (as the case may be) to comply with regulation 15—

(a) the employee or worker gives the employer or principal any statement that was false or misleading in a material particular or that contains any omission which makes the statement misleading in a material particular; and
(b) the employee or worker knew, or was reckless as to whether, that the statement was false or misleading in a material particular or contains any omission which makes the statement misleading in a material particular,

the employee or worker making that statement shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(2) Where an employee or a worker—

(a) gives his or her employer or principal (as the case may be) any notice which is required by regulation 16 to be given—
(i) that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(ii) that contains any omission which makes the statement misleading in a material particular; and
(b) the employee or worker knew, or was reckless as to whether, that the notice was false or misleading in a material particular or contains any omission which makes the notice misleading in a material particular,

the employee or worker shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.