ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SECT 119

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SECT 119

119—False or misleading information

A person must not make a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular (whether by reason of the inclusion or omission of any particular) in any information furnished, or record kept, under this Act.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         if the person made the statement knowing that it was false or misleading—

                  (i)         in the case of a body corporate—$120 000;

                  (ii)         in the case of a natural person—$60 000 or imprisonment for 2 years;

            (b)         in any other case—

                  (i)         in the case of a body corporate—$60 000;

                  (ii)         in the case of a natural person—$30 000.