sec.55Giving false or misleading information when delivering waste

### sec.55 Giving false or misleading information when delivering waste This section applies to a person delivering waste to— a waste disposal site; or a resource recovery and transfer facility in the non-levy zone; or an entity conducting a recycling activity in the non-levy zone. The person must not give the operator or entity information about the waste that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units. However, subsection (2) does not apply to the person if the person, when giving information in a document— tells the operator or entity, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (2) applies to any information whether or not the person is required to give the information under section 53 or 54 . In this section— operator means the operator of the waste disposal site or resource recovery and transfer facility. resource recovery and transfer facility see section 54 (7) . s 55 prev s 55 om 2013 No. 6 s 31 pres s 55 ins 2019 No. 2 s 6 (sec.55-ssec.1) This section applies to a person delivering waste to— a waste disposal site; or a resource recovery and transfer facility in the non-levy zone; or an entity conducting a recycling activity in the non-levy zone. (sec.55-ssec.2) The person must not give the operator or entity information about the waste that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units. (sec.55-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply to the person if the person, when giving information in a document— tells the operator or entity, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information. (sec.55-ssec.4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (2) applies to any information whether or not the person is required to give the information under section 53 or 54 . (sec.55-ssec.5) In this section— operator means the operator of the waste disposal site or resource recovery and transfer facility. resource recovery and transfer facility see section 54 (7) . - (a) a waste disposal site; or - (b) a resource recovery and transfer facility in the non-levy zone; or - (c) an entity conducting a recycling activity in the non-levy zone. - (a) tells the operator or entity, to the best of the person’s ability, how the document is false or misleading; and - (b) if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information—gives the correct information.