Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9A · Pollution Control Requirements for Controlled Works
33K. Consequences of providing false or misleading information, etc.
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Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining any certificate under this Part, provides to the Director-General any plan, declaration, document or other information that is false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1);
on the first conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and
on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.
The Director-General may at any time revoke any certificate issued under this Part (including, to avoid doubt, a temporary compliance certificate), if the Director-General is satisfied that any plan, declaration, document or other information provided to him or her for the purpose of obtaining the certificate is false or misleading in a material particular.
Where a clearance certificate has been revoked under subsection (2), any compliance certificate or temporary compliance certificate issued in respect of the same controlled works is also treated as revoked.