Offences and penalties

(1) Any person who wilfully supplies false and misleading information on any application as per regulation 11 commits an 30 Environmental Protection (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of these Regulations commits an offence, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not less than five thousand dollars and not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Repeal and replace. (3) No prosecution for an offence under these Regulations shall be instituted except with the leave of the Department or of the Director of Public Prosecutions, as provided in section 42 of the Act.