Environment Protection Act 1993

This Act extends in application to the coastal waters of the State and the air above and land beneath those waters.

Where—

a person causes a pollutant to come within the State or causes environmental harm within the State, by conduct engaged in outside the State;

the conduct would, if engaged in within the State, constitute a contravention of this Act, the person is liable to a penalty in respect of the contravention as if the conduct were engaged in by the person within the

For the purposes of subsection (2)—

a reference to the State includes a reference to the coastal waters of the State and the air above and land beneath those waters; and

a reference to engaging in conduct includes a reference to failure to act.