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Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
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#### 48 Offences involving statutory site audits
48 Offences involving statutory site audits
> > (1) An individual must not—
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> > > (a) carry out a statutory site audit, or
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> > > (b) make any representation, or cause or allow any representation to be made, to the effect that he or she is prepared to carry out a statutory site audit,
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> > if the individual is not accredited under this Part or while his or her accreditation is under suspension.
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> > Maximum penalty—$250,000 and, for a continuing offence, a further penalty of $60,000 for each day the offence continues.
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> > (2) A body corporate must not—
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> > > (a) purport to carry out a statutory site audit, or
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> > > (b) make any representation, or cause or allow any representation to be made, to the effect that it is capable of doing so.
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> > Maximum penalty—$1,000,000 and, for a continuing offence, a further penalty of $120,000 for each day the offence continues.
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> **s 48:** Am 2003 No 91, Sch 1 \[9\]; 2014 No 65, Sch 1.1 \[5\] \[6\]; 2022 No 3, Sch 1\[18\] \[19\]; 2025 No 58, Sch 2\[9\].