Discharging or depositing waste
21 Discharging or depositing waste
Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), a person must not, without lawful authority, cause or allow waste to be discharged or placed on CALM land.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
Subregulation (1) does not apply to fuel discharged during the normal operation of 2 stroke outboard motors on vessels.
A person may discharge sewage from a vessel in a designated area.
A person must discharge sewage in a designated area in accordance with any conditions specified in respect of that discharge in the notice published under regulation 6(1) designating that area for the purposes of this regulation.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
In subregulation (1) —
waste means any waste which could reasonably be expected to significantly and adversely affect the land on which it is discharged or placed, and includes liquid, solid, gaseous and radioactive matter, whether useful or useless.
[Regulation 21 amended: Gazette 3 Dec 2010 p. 6052‑3.]
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