Prohibition of unlicensed waste disposal
62 Prohibition of unlicensed waste disposal
A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, wilfully cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore causing serious environmental harm.
An offence against subsection (1) is an environmental offence level 1.
A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore causing serious environmental harm.
An offence against subsection (1B) is an environmental offence level 2.
A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore causing material environmental harm.
An offence against subsection (1D) is an environmental offence level 3.
A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore.
An offence against subsection (1F) is an environmental offence level 4.
In proceedings for an offence against this section, proof of the existence on land of a means whereby waste is capable of being disposed of underground by means of a bore is prima facie evidence that waste was disposed of underground by means of a bore in contravention of this section at the time those means are proved to have existed.
Maximum default penalty: 4 penalty units or, in the case of a body corporate, 20 penalty units.
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