MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                       Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                               Chapter 8 General environmental offences
                 Part 3D Offences relating to releases from boats into non-coastal waters

                                                                                [s 440ZH]

                           Example of a place for subparagraph (iii)—
                                 a building site where soil may be washed into an adjacent
                                 roadside gutter
              (b)    unlawfully release stormwater run-off into waters, a
                     roadside gutter or stormwater drainage that results in the
                     build-up of earth in waters, a roadside gutter or
                     stormwater drainage.
              Maximum penalty—
              (a)    if the deposit or release is done wilfully—835 penalty
                     units; or
              (b)    otherwise—300 penalty units.
              Note—
                 See section 493A (When environmental harm or related acts are
                 unlawful).




Part 3D                     Offences relating to releases
                            from boats into non-coastal
                            waters

440ZH Definitions for pt 3D
              In this part—
              coastal waters means the coastal waters of the State, and
              includes other waters within the limits of the State that are
              subject to the ebb and flow of the tide.
              harmful substance has the meaning given by MARPOL.
              MARPOL see the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution)
              Act 1995, section 6.
              non-coastal waters means waters other than coastal waters.



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