Offences about assurance certificates
44 Offences about assurance certificates
(1) A person who is not an accredited person for a scheme must not make a document that purports to be an assurance certificate under the scheme.
Fault elements:
The person:
intentionally makes the document; and
(b) is reckless as to whether anyone might reasonably believe the document is an assurance certificate under a scheme.
Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units.
(2) A person must not make a statement about a plant or plant product if:
(a) the statement is reasonably likely to cause someone to believe that an assurance certificate has been made for the plant or product; and
no assurance certificate has been made for the plant or product.
Fault elements:
The person:
(a) knows no assurance certificate has been made for the plant or product; and
(b) is reckless as to whether the statement is reasonably likely to cause someone to believe that an assurance certificate has been made for the plant or product.
Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units.
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