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WASTE AVOIDANCE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT 2007 - SECT 82

82 .         Power to require information or material

        (1)         In this section —

        authorised person means the CEO or an inspector authorised for the purposes of this section in writing by the CEO.

        (2)         An authorised person, may, on the request of the Waste Authority or otherwise for the purpose of assisting the Waste Authority to perform its functions, require a person —

            (a)         to provide oral or written answers to specified questions; or

            (b)         to produce to the authorised person specified material or material of a specified class, in the person’s possession or control.

        (3)         The authorised person may make the requirement —

            (a)         if an oral response is required — orally; or

            (b)         in any other case — by notice given to the person to whom the requirement is addressed.

        (4)         The authorised person must —

            (a)         allow a person a reasonable time within which to comply with the requirement; and

            (b)         if the requirement is made by notice given to the person, specify the time allowed in the notice.

        (5)         The authorised person may require a person to verify answers to questions by statutory declaration.

        (6)         A person who does not comply with a requirement under this section within the time allowed under subsection (4) or within any further time allowed by the authorised person commits an offence.

        Penalty: a fine of $20 000.



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