ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 478 Failure to comply with authorised person’s direction in emergency

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 478

478 Failure to comply with authorised person’s direction in emergency

A person to whom an emergency direction is given must—

(a) comply with the direction (including a condition of the direction), unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it; and

(b) take all reasonable and practicable precautions to prevent or minimise—

(i) environmental harm being caused; and

(ii) the risk of death or injury to humans and animals; and

(iii) loss or damage to property.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) if the offence is committed wilfully—6,250 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment; or

(b) otherwise—4,500 penalty units.