506A

Orders against persistent offenders

In force

(1)

This section applies if—

(a)

a person is convicted of a serious environmental offence; and

(b)

the person has been convicted of the same, or a different, serious environmental offence at least 2 other times in the previous 5 years.

(2)

If the court convicting the person considers it necessary to stop the person from committing further serious environmental offences, the court may make—

(a)

an order prohibiting the person from carrying out a particular activity; or

Example of order under paragraph (a)—

an order prohibiting a person from carrying out an environmentally relevant activity

(b)

an order prohibiting the person from carrying out a particular activity except in particular circumstances; or

(c)

any other order the court considers appropriate.

(3)

A person must not contravene an order made under subsection (2).

Maximum penalty—3,000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(4)

In this section—

serious environmental offence means an offence under this Act for which the maximum penalty is 1,500 penalty units or more.

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