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Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020
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#### 170 Influencing a person performing functions or duties or exercising powers
(1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
(a) the person engages in conduct; and
(b) the person does so with the intention of dishonestly influencing another person in the performance of the other person’s functions or duties, or the exercise of the other person’s powers, under this Act.
Fault‑based offence
(2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.
Civil penalty provision
(3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 600 penalty units.
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