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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SECT 120A

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 1993 - SECT 120A

120A—False or misleading reports

        (1)         A person who makes a false or misleading report to the Authority, another administering agency or a person engaged in the administration of this Act is guilty of an offence if—

            (a)         the person knows the report is false or misleading; and

            (b)         the report is of a kind that would reasonably call for investigation or action by the Authority or another administering agency.

Maximum penalty: $15 000.

        (2)         Where a person is convicted of an offence against subsection (1), the court must, on application by the Authority or another administering agency, order the convicted person to pay to the Authority or other administering agency the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Authority or other administering agency in carrying out an investigation or taking action as a result of the false or misleading report.