40Offence—false or misleading information given by brand owner or product stewardship organisation

40 Offence—false or misleading information given by brand owner or product stewardship organisation

40 Offence—false or misleading information given by brand owner or product stewardship organisation

(1) A brand owner or product stewardship organisation must not give, whether by act or omission, information in connection with a matter under Part 2 or 3 that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—1,000 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise—4,000 penalty units.

(2) In this section—

give includes the following—

(a) print or include in or on a label or packaging material,

(b) fail to correct,

(c) publish on a publicly available website.