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Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
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#### 57 Holding out
57 Holding out
> > (1) An individual must not make any representation, or cause or allow any representation to be made, to the effect that the individual is accredited under this Part if he or she is not so accredited 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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> > (1A) An individual must not make any representation, or cause or allow any representation to be made, to the effect that the individual is authorised by his or her accreditation to carry out a statutory site audit, or class of statutory site audits, if the individual is prohibited from carrying out that site audit or class of site audits by a condition of his or her accreditation.
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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, at any time, make any representation, or cause or allow any representation to be made, to the effect that it is accredited under this Part.
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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 57:** Am 2003 No 91, Sch 1 \[14\]; 2014 No 65, Sch 1.1 \[7\] \[8\]; 2022 No 3, Sch 1\[20\]–\[22\].