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Environment Protection Act 2019
152Offence if false or misleading information in audit report or
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152 Offence if false or misleading information in audit report or
missing information
(1) A qualified person commits an offence if:
(a) the qualified person intentionally signs a declaration under
section 150(b) in relation to an environmental audit report; and
(b) the audit report contains false or misleading information or
does not contain all relevant information and the qualified
person is reckless in relation to that circumstance.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units or imprisonment for
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the qualified person when giving
the audit report:
(a) draws the false or misleading aspect of the document to the
CEO's attention; and
(b) to the extent to which the qualified person can reasonably do
so – gives the CEO the information necessary to remedy the
false or misleading aspect of the document.