65Improper influence—approvals work, including making compliance and other declarations

65 Improper influence—approvals work, including making compliance and other declarations

65 Improper influence—approvals work, including making compliance and other declarations

(1) A person who is authorised to carry out approvals work (the approver) must not—

(a) act other than impartially in carrying out the work, or

(b) seek or accept a benefit from another person on an understanding the approver will act other than impartially in carrying out the work.

Maximum penalty—10,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) A person must not do the following to encourage an approver to act other than impartially in carrying out approvals work—

(a) give or offer a benefit to the approver or another person,

(b) cause or threaten a financial or other detriment to the approver or another person,

(c) otherwise unduly influence the approver or another person,

(d) attempt anything in paragraphs (a)–(c).

Maximum penalty—10,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(3) In this section—

approvals work includes making a compliance declaration.