Section 212 — Social Security (Administration) Act 1999: False statement in connection with claim or hardship request

(1) A person contravenes this subsection 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 statement is made in connection with, or in support of, the person’s or any other person’s: (i) claim for a social security payment under the social security law; or (ii) request under paragraph 1129(1)(d) of the 1991 Act that section 1129 of that Act apply to the person; or (iii) request under paragraph 1131(1)(f) of the 1991 Act that section 1131 of that Act apply to the person. (2) For the purposes of an offence against section 217 that relates to subsection (1) of this section, strict liability applies to the following elements of the offence: (a) the element that a payment is a social security payment under the social security law; (b) the element that a request is a request under paragraph 1129(1)(d) of the 1991 Act; (c) the element that a request is a request under paragraph 1131(1)(f) of the 1991 Act;