General environmental offences
83 General environmental offences
A person must not intentionally pollute the environment, where:
serious environmental harm results; and
(b) he or she knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, that serious environmental harm or material environmental harm will or might result from the pollution.
Penalty: environmental offence level 1.
A person must not pollute the environment, where:
serious environmental harm results; and
(b) he or she knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, that serious environmental harm or material environmental harm will or might result from the pollution.
Penalty: environmental offence level 2.
A person must not intentionally pollute the environment, where:
material environmental harm results; and
(b) he or she knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, that serious environmental harm or material environmental harm will or might result from the pollution.
Penalty: environmental offence level 2.
A person must not pollute the environment, where:
material environmental harm results; and
(b) he or she knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, that serious environmental harm or material environmental harm will or might result from the pollution.
Penalty: environmental offence level 3.
A person must not cause an environmental nuisance.
Penalty: environmental offence level 4.
(6) A person must not intentionally cause or permit a contaminant or waste to be stored:
in a manner or condition in which; or
at a place from which,
it is reasonably likely that the contaminant or waste could:
leak, spill, or escape from storage into the environment; and
(d) in leaking, spilling or escaping from storage, cause environmental harm.
Penalty: environmental offence level 3.
(7) A person must not cause or permit a contaminant or waste to be stored:
in a manner or condition in which; or
at a place from which,
it is reasonably likely that the contaminant or waste could:
leak, spill, or escape from storage into the environment; and
(d) in leaking, spilling or escaping from storage, cause environmental harm.
Penalty: environmental offence level 4.
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