Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) ACT 2000 - SECT 24B

  (1)   A person (the first person ) contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person provides information to another person (the second person ) in relation to, or in relation to the installation of, a solar water heater or a small generation unit; and

  (b)   the information:

  (i)   is false or misleading in a material particular; or

  (ii)   omits a matter or thing without which the information is misleading in a material particular; and

  (c)   the second person relies on the information to create certificates under Subdivision   B or BA in relation to the solar water heater or small generation unit; and

  (d)   it could reasonably be expected that the second person would so rely on the information; and

  (e)   the second person's reliance on the information results in the second person creating certificates under that Subdivision, in relation to the solar water heater or small generation unit, that the second person is not entitled to create.

Ancillary contraventions

  (2)   A person must not:

  (a)   aid, abet, counsel or procure a contravention of subsection   (1); or

  (b)   induce, whether by threats or promises or otherwise, a contravention of subsection   (1); or

  (c)   be in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, a contravention of subsection   (1); or

  (d)   conspire with others to effect a contravention of subsection   (1).

Civil penalty provisions

  (3)   Subsections   (1) and (2) are civil penalty provisions .

Note:   Division   1 of Part   15A provides for pecuniary penalties for breaches of civil penalty provisions.