South Australian Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) ACT 1984 - SECT 30

30—False statements

        (1)         A person who, in, or in connection with, an application for a permit—

            (a)         makes a statement that, to his knowledge, is false or misleading in a material particular; or

            (b)         furnishes to the Minister, an officer or any other person acting in the administration of this Act a document that, to the knowledge of the first mentioned person, contains information that is false or misleading in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—

            (c)         if the person is a natural person—to a fine not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years, or both; or

            (d)         if the person is a body corporate—to a fine not exceeding the sum of twenty thousand dollars.

        (2)         A person who—

            (a)         makes to an inspector a statement that, to the knowledge of the person, is false or misleading in a material particular; or

            (b)         furnishes to an inspector a document that, to the knowledge of the person, contains information that is false or misleading in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—

            (c)         if the person is a natural person—to a fine not exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars; or

            (d)         if the person is a body corporate—to a fine not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars.