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Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994
43AFalse or misleading statements
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43A False or misleading statements
[Section 43A Inserted by No. 45 of 2012, s. 18, Applied:06 Dec 2012] A person must not, in providing any information or answering any question under this Act –
(a) make a statement knowing it to be false or misleading; or
(b) omit any matter from a statement knowing that without that matter the statement is false or misleading.
Penalty: In the case of –
(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units; or
(b) a natural person, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.