Civil penalty provision
314 Civil penalty provision
Pt 11.5 (Heading and ss 314–326) inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).
S. 314 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).
A provision of this Act that is set out in the table to subsection (3) is a civil penalty provision.
Subject to this Part, the Authority may (in addition or as an alternative to, a criminal proceeding or an order under Division 2 of Part 11.6) apply to a Court for a civil penalty order in relation to a contravention of a civil penalty provision set out in column 2 of an item of the table to subsection (3).
The Court may only make a civil penalty order or an order under Division 2 of Part 11.6 in relation to a person's contravention of a civil penalty provision referred to in item 1 or 3 of the table if the person—
contravenes that civil penalty provision in the course of conducting a business or an undertaking; or
is an officer of a body corporate who contravenes that civil penalty provision in the course of conducting a business or an undertaking and the person contravenes the civil penalty provision as a result of Part 11.8.
Table
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| Maximum penalty for contravention by a natural person | Maximum penalty for contravention by a body corporate |
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1. | Section 25(1) (Breach of general environmental duty) | 2000 penalty units | 10 000 penalty units |
2. | Section 28(1) (Breach of duty not to engage in conduct that results in material harm) | 2000 penalty units | 10 000 penalty units |
3. | Section 32(2) (Failure to notify Authority of notifiable incident) | 240 penalty units | 1200 penalty units |
4. | Section 40(1) (Failure of person in management or control to notify the Authority of notifiable contamination) | 120 penalty units | 600 penalty units |
5. | Section 44(1) (Engaging in a specified activity without a development licence) | 2000 penalty units | 10 000 penalty units |
6. | Section 45(1) (Engaging in a prescribed operating activity without an operating licence) | 2000 penalty units | 10 000 penalty units |
7. | Section 46(1) (Engaging in a prescribed permit activity without a permit) | 1000 penalty units | 5000 penalty units |
8. | Section 47(1) (Engaging in a prescribed registration activity without a registration) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
9. | Section 63(1) (Breach of condition of licence) | 2000 penalty units | 10 000 penalty units |
10. | Section 63(2) (Breach of condition of permit) | 1000 penalty units | 5000 penalty units |
11. | Section 63(3) (Breach of condition of a registration) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
12. | Section 88(2) (Prohibited person engaging in an activity prescribed for the purposes of section 88) | 240 penalty units | 1200 penalty units. |
13. | Section 133(1) (Unlawful deposit of industrial waste) | 2000 penalty units | 10 000 penalty units |
14. | Section 133(2) (Deposit of industrial waste without consent of holder of permission or occupier) | 2000 penalty units | 10 000 penalty units |
15. | Section 134(1) (Unlawful receipt of industrial waste) | 2 000 penalty units | 10 000 penalty units |
16. | Section 135(2) (Failure by person in management or control of industrial waste to take reasonable steps in relation to transporting industrial waste) | 2 000 penalty units | 10 000 penalty units |
17. | Section 137(1) (Provision of false or misleading information in connection with industrial waste) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
18. | Section 139(1) (Failure to classify priority waste by person in management or control) | 120 penalty units | 600 penalty units |
19. | Section 139(2) (Failure by person in management or control to take reasonable steps in relation to priority waste) | 120 penalty units | 600 penalty units |
20. | Section 142(1) (Failure to record or provide the prescribed transaction details in connection with reportable priority waste) | 240 penalty units | 1200 penalty units |
21. | Section 143(1) (Improper transport of reportable priority waste) | 240 penalty units | 1200 penalty units |
22. | Section 155(1) (Failure to comply with order relating to environmentally hazardous substances) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
23. | Section 168 (Emit or permit noise that is prescribed to be aggravated noise) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
24. | Section 215(1) (Environmental auditor issuing false or misleading preliminary risk screen assessment statement or environmental audit statement) | 500 penalty units |
25. | Section 216(1) (Failure of environmental auditor to notify the Authority of imminent state of danger) | 500 penalty units |
26. | Section 286(1) (Failure to comply with improvement notice) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
27. | Section 287(1) (Failure to comply with prohibition notice) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
28. | Section 289(1) (Failure to comply with notice to investigate) | 120 penalty units | 600 penalty units |
29. | Section 290(1) (Failure to comply with environmental action notice) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
30. | Section 292(1) (Failure to comply with site management order) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
31. | Section 293(1) (Failure to comply with non-disturbance notice) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
32. | Section 463(2) (Providing false or misleading information or a document or conceal information or a document) | 500 penalty units | 2500 penalty units |
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