Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) ACT 1981 - SECT 10B

             (1)  A person is guilty of an offence against this section if, otherwise than in accordance with a permit, the person incinerates controlled material at sea:

                     (a)  on a vessel or platform in Australian waters; or

                     (b)  on an Australian vessel in any part of the sea.

             (2)  An offence against this section is punishable, on conviction, as follows:

                     (a)  if it is proved that any of the offending material is seriously harmful material--imprisonment for up to 10 years or a fine up to 2,000 penalty units, or both;

                     (b)  if it is proved that any of the offending material is not within Annex 1 to the Protocol--imprisonment for up to 2 years or a fine up to 500 penalty units, or both;

                     (c)  in any other case--imprisonment for up to 1 year or a fine up to 250 penalty units, or both.