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Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Enforcement

43. Power to demand names and addresses

(1)

The Director-General or any authorised officer may require any owner or occupier of any premises or any principal contractor mentioned in section 35 to —

(a)

give his or her name and address and any other proof of identity; and

(b)

furnish any other particulars,that the Director-General or authorised officer may require for the purposes of this Act.

(2)

Any person who, upon being required by the Director‑General or any authorised officer to give his or her name and address or other proof of identity or to furnish any particulars under subsection (1) —

(a)

refuses to do so;

(b)

wilfully misstates his or her name and address or proof of identity; or

(c)

furnishes false particulars,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

(3)

The Director-General may, by written notice, require any person to furnish any other information that may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.

(4)

Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement of subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.