Obstruct compliance with monitoring and management notice – environmental offence

In force

(1)

A person commits an offence if:

(a)

the person intentionally engages in conduct; and

(b) the conduct obstructs compliance by another person with a monitoring and management notice and the person is reckless in relation to that result.

Penalty: environmental offence level 4.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant took reasonable steps and exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

(3) The defendant has a legal burden of proof in relation to a matter mentioned in subsection (2).

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