Western Australian Current Acts

CONTAMINATED SITES ACT 2003 - SECT 94

94 .         False or misleading information

                A person —

            (a)         in making a report under section 11 or 12;

            (b)         in making a request for a summary of records under section 21;

            (ba)         in making a written submission to the committee under section 37(e);

            (c)         in making a disclosure statement under section 64, a disclosure under section 68 or in connection with a request for a certificate of contamination audit under section 62; or

            (d)         in purporting to comply with a requirement made by or under this Act to provide information to the CEO or to the committee,

                must not —

            (e)         make a statement which the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular;

            (f)         make a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, with reckless disregard as to whether or not the statement is false or misleading in a material particular;

            (g)         provide, or cause to be provided, information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular;

            (h)         provide, or cause to be provided, information that is false or misleading in a material particular, with reckless disregard as to whether the information is false or misleading in a material particular; or

                  (i)         fail to disclose, or cause a failure to disclose, all information that the person knows is materially relevant.

        Penalty: $125 000, and a daily penalty of $25 000.

        [Section 94 amended: No. 40 of 2005 s. 12.]