Prohibition against constructing or operating a nuclear waste storage facility
7 Prohibition against constructing or operating a nuclear waste storage facility
A person shall not construct or operate a nuclear waste storage facility in the State or use any place in the State for the storage or disposal of nuclear waste.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 000.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the construction or operation, or the use of the place —
results from an emergency situation; and
is for the purpose of preventing danger to human life or health, or irreversible damage to the environment, arising from that situation.
Proceedings for a contravention of subsection (1) are to be dealt with by a court constituted by a magistrate.
[Section 7 amended: No. 2 of 2004 s. 9.]
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