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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1997 - SECT 162 Verifying information

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1997 - SECT 162

Verifying information

    (1)     If a person is required under this Act to give information to the authority, the authority may require the person to give a statement verifying the truth of the information.

Note     It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement, give false or misleading information or produce a false or misleading document (see Criminal Code

, pt 3.4).

    (2)     If the authority requires a person to give a statement verifying information given to the authority, the person must not be taken to have given the information as required unless the person has given a statement verifying the information.