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Environment Protection Act 1997
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162 Verifying information
(1) If a person is required under this Act to give information to the
authority, the authority may require the person to give a statement
verifying the truth of the information.
Note It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement, give false or
misleading information or produce a false or misleading document (see
Criminal Code, pt 3.4).
(2) If the authority requires a person to give a statement verifying
information given to the authority, the person must not be taken to
have given the information as required unless the person has given a
statement verifying the information.