Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL ACT - SECT 83

(1) A person must not intentionally pollute the environment, where -

(a) serious environmental harm results; and

(b) he or she knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, that serious environmental harm or material environmental harm will or might result from the pollution.

Penalty: environmental offence level 1.

(2) A person must not pollute the environment, where -

(a) serious environmental harm results; and

(b) he or she knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, that serious environmental harm or material environmental harm will or might result from the pollution.

Penalty: environmental offence level 2.

(3) A person must not intentionally pollute the environment, where -

(a) material environmental harm results; and

(b) he or she knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, that serious environmental harm or material environmental harm will or might result from the pollution.

Penalty: environmental offence level 2.

(4) A person must not pollute the environment, where -

(a) material environmental harm results; and

(b) he or she knows, or ought reasonably be expected to know, that serious environmental harm or material environmental harm will or might result from the pollution.

Penalty: environmental offence level 3.

(5) A person must not cause an environmental nuisance.

Penalty: environmental offence level 4.

(6) A person must not intentionally cause or permit a contaminant or waste to be stored -

(a) in a manner or condition in which; or

(b) at a place from which,

it is reasonably likely that the contaminant or waste could -

(c) leak, spill, or escape from storage into the environment; and

(d) in leaking, spilling or escaping from storage, cause environmental harm.

Penalty: environmental offence level 3.

(7) A person must not cause or permit a contaminant or waste to be stored -

(a) in a manner or condition in which; or

(b) at a place from which,

it is reasonably likely that the contaminant or waste could -

(c) leak, spill, or escape from storage into the environment; and

(d) in leaking, spilling or escaping from storage, cause environmental harm.

Penalty: environmental offence level 4.