Serious environmental harm – recklessness
90 Serious environmental harm – recklessness
A person commits an offence if the person:
engages in conduct in a geothermal authority area; and
the conduct contravenes an environmental obligation; and
the conduct results in serious environmental harm.
Fault elements:
The person:
intentionally engages in the conduct; and
(b) is reckless about whether the conduct will result in serious environmental harm.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an environmental offence level 1.
(3) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1), the person charged with the offence may be found guilty alternatively of an offence against section 91(1), 92(1), 93(1), 94(1) or 95(1).
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