New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 286C

286C Information or records under resource recovery exemption or order

(1) A person who is required under a resource recovery exemption or resource recovery order to give another person information or records relating to waste to which the exemption or order relates must give the information or records to the other person--

(a) within the time specified in the exemption or order, or

(b) on the request of the other person--within 7 days after the request is made or the shorter period specified in the exemption or order.

Note--: Part 7.3 confers powers on the EPA to require a person to give information to the EPA.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for a corporation--

(i) if the offence involves asbestos waste--$1,000,000, or

(ii) otherwise--$500,000, or

(b) for an individual--

(i) if the offence involves asbestos waste--$500,000, or

(ii) otherwise--$250,000.

(2) The regulations may provide for additional matters in relation to information or records under exemptions under section 286 and resource recovery orders, including matters relating to the effect of a variation or revocation of an exemption or order on a requirement referred to in subsection (1).

(3) Nothing in this section limits--

(a) the conditions that may be imposed on a resource recovery exemption, or

(b) the requirements that may be imposed by a resource recovery order.