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Environment Protection (Beverage Containers and Plastic Bags) Act 2011
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74 Misleading information or document
(1) A person must not give misleading information to:
(a) an authorised officer acting in an official capacity; or
(b) a CDS participant for the participant's carrying out of activities
under the CDS.
(a) intentionally gives the information to the officer or participant;
and
(b) knows the information is misleading; and
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(c) knows:
(i) the officer is acting in an official capacity; or
(ii) the information is for the participant's carrying out of
activities under the CDS.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for
(2) A person must not give a document containing misleading
information to:
(a) an authorised officer acting in an official capacity; or
(b) a CDS participant for the participant's carrying out of activities
under the CDS.
(a) intentionally gives the document to the officer or participant;
and
(b) knows the document contains misleading information; and
(c) knows:
(i) the officer is acting in an official capacity; or
(ii) the document is for the participant's carrying out of
activities under the CDS.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, when giving the
document:
(a) draws the misleading aspect of the document to the attention
of the authorised officer or CDS participant; and
(b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives
the officer or participant the information necessary to correct
the document.
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misleading information means information that is misleading in a
material particular or because of the omission of a material
particular.