New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 89

89 Offences

(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, neglects or fails to comply with a requirement made of the person under this Part is guilty of an offence.

(2) A person who furnishes any information or does any other thing in purported compliance with a requirement made under this Part, knowing that it is false or misleading in a material respect is guilty of an offence.

(3) A person who wilfully delays or obstructs an authorised officer in the exercise of the authorised officer’s powers under this Part is guilty of an offence.

(4) A person who impersonates an authorised officer is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

(a) in the case of a corporation-1,250 penalty units, and in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty of 600 penalty units for each day the offence continues, or

(b) in the case of an individual-600 penalty units, and in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty of 300 penalty units for each day the offence continues.