Waterways Conservation Regulations 1981

A person shall not —

put any mud, earth, gravel, litter or other matter into any waters; or

put or keep disused car bodies or other visually offensive things on associated land proximate to any waters; or

discard any litter on associated land proximate to any waters; or

construct or use any drain designed to discharge directly or indirectly into any waters except with the approval of the Minister; or

launch any boat or other craft directly from a trailer into any waters except —

from privately‑owned land abutting on the waters; or

at a launching place approved for that purpose by the Minister;

except on behalf of the Minister disturb the bed, banks, or foreshore of any waters so as, in the opinion of the Minister, to endanger the stability of any part of the banks or foreshore or the vegetation thereon; or

except on behalf of the Minister excavate or dig channels in any part of the bed of any waters below high water mark, whether or not that part is then covered by water; or

except on behalf of, or with the approval in writing of, the Minister, construct any groyne, breakwater, or other structure intended to impede or alter the flow of any waters; or

discharge or permit the discharge of oil from any boat or craft into any waters, whether by the pumping out of a bilge, or by any other means; or

except in an emergency —

land or touch down an aircraft on any waters or associated land; or

take‑off an aircraft from any waters or associated land; or

stand, park, dock or moor an aircraft on any waters or associated land; or

embark passengers onto or disembark passengers from an aircraft on any waters or associated land; or

load freight onto or unload freight from an aircraft on any waters or associated land; or

refuel, service or repair an aircraft on any waters or associated land.

A person contravening subregulation (1) commits an offence and is liable to a penalty of —

in the case of an offence against paragraph (d) or (h) — $500;

in any other case — $200.