WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 235
Offence to contravene document production requirement
WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 235
Offence to contravene document production requirement
235 Offence to contravene document production requirement
(1) A person of whom a document production requirement has been made must
comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(2) It is a reasonable
excuse for an individual not to comply with a document production requirement
if complying might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual
to a penalty.
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if a document or
information the subject of the document production requirement is required to
be held or kept by the person under this Act.
(4) If a court convicts a
person of an offence against subsection (1) , the court may, as well as
imposing a penalty for the offence, order the person to comply with the
document production requirement.