215False or misleading preliminary risk screen assessment statement or environmental audit statement

215 False or misleading preliminary risk screen assessment statement or environmental audit statement (1) When carrying out any function under this Act or any other Act, an environmental auditor must not— (a) issue a preliminary risk screen assessment statement that is false or misleading; or (b) issue an environmental audit statement that is false or misleading; or (c) issue any other document that is false or misleading. 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. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a statement or document may be false or misleading for the purposes of this section if it contains a material defect, omission or irregularity. (3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence. Penalty: 500 penalty units. S. 216 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).