WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 265
Giving chief executive false or misleading information
WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 265
Giving chief executive false or misleading information
265 Giving chief executive false or misleading information
(1) A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give the
chief executive information the person knows is false or misleading in a
material particular.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
(2) However, if the person gave the information to the chief executive with
the intent to evade payment of the waste levy, the person is liable to a
maximum penalty of—
(a) 2 years imprisonment; or
(b) whichever is the
greater of the following amounts—
(i) 2,000 penalty units;
(ii) a fine that
is twice the waste levy amount the payment of which the person sought to
evade, and twice the amount of any interest payable in relation to the failure
to pay the waste levy amount by the due date for its payment.
(3) Subsection
(1) applies to information given in relation to the administration of this Act
whether or not the information was given in response to a specific power under
this Act.
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when
giving information in a document—
(a) tells the chief executive, to the best
of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and
(b)
if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives
the correct information.
