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Environment Protection Act 2017
137Offence to supply false or misleading information or conceal information in connection with industrial waste
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137 Offence to supply false or misleading information or conceal information in connection with industrial waste
(1) A person who has the management or control of industrial waste must not—
(a) provide false or misleading information or documents to the Authority or any other person or body in connection with—
(i) the type, properties and classification of the industrial waste; or
(ii) the risks of harm to human health or the environment from the industrial waste; or
(b) conceal information or documents from the Authority or any other person or body in connection with—
(i) the type, properties and classification of the industrial waste; or
(ii) the risks of harm to human health or the environment from the industrial waste; or
(c) falsely represent to the Authority or any other person or body that the person is authorised to receive industrial waste; or
(d) provide false or misleading information in a document required to be provided by the person under this Part or the regulations.
Section 314 provides that subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision. The penalty for contravention of this civil penalty provision is set out in the table in section 314.
Pt 6.5 (Heading and ss 138–143) inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).
Part 6.5—Duties and controls relating to priority waste
S. 138 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).