ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 481
False or misleading information
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 481
False or misleading information
481 False or misleading information
(1) A person must not—
(a) state anything to an authorised person that the
person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b) omit
from a statement made to an authorised person anything without which the
statement is, to the person’s knowledge, misleading in a material
particular.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—4,500 penalty units or 2 years
imprisonment.
(2) A complaint against a person for an offence against
subsection (1) (a) or (b) is sufficient if it states that the statement made
was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge.
