New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE POLLUTION ACT 1987 - SECT 27

27 Prohibition of discharges to which Part applies

(1) If a discharge to which this Part applies occurs, each appropriate person in relation to the discharge, and any other person whose act caused the discharge, are each guilty of an offence punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding:

(a) if the offender is a natural person-$500 000, or

(b) if the offender is a body corporate-$10 000 000.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a discharge:

(a) if the discharge was for the purpose of combating specific pollution incidents in order to minimise the damage from pollution and was approved by a prescribed officer, or

(b) if the discharge was carried out by the holder of a licence under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 in accordance with that licence.