Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011

A person must not, in relation to the administration of this Act, give the chief executive information the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

However, if the person gave the information to the chief executive with the intent to evade payment of the waste levy, the person is liable to a maximum penalty of—

2 years imprisonment; or

whichever is the greater of the following amounts—

2,000 penalty units;

a fine that is twice the waste levy amount the payment of which the person sought to evade, and twice the amount of any interest payable in relation to the failure to pay the waste levy amount by the due date for its payment.

Subsection (1) applies to information given in relation to the administration of this Act whether or not the information was given in response to a specific power under this Act.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person, when giving information in a document—

tells the chief executive, 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.