South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) This section
applies to incineration at sea carried out on, or carried out from—
(a) a
vessel in coastal waters; or
(b) a
platform.
(2) The incineration
at sea of wastes or other matter listed in paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of
Annex I to the Convention, being incineration to which this section applies,
is prohibited.
(3) The incineration
at sea, otherwise than in accordance with a permit, of wastes or other matter
listed in paragraphs 1 and 5 of Annex I to the Convention, being incineration
to which this section applies, is prohibited.
(4) The incineration
at sea, otherwise than in accordance with a permit, of wastes or other matter
listed in Annex II, being incineration to which this section applies, is
prohibited.
(5) The incineration
at sea, otherwise than in accordance with a permit, of any wastes or other
matter (other than wastes or other matter referred to in subsection (2),
(3) or (4)), being incineration to which this section applies, is prohibited.
(6) The owner and the
person in charge of a vessel or platform on which incineration at sea in
contravention of this section is carried out and the owner of the wastes or
other matter so incinerated are each guilty of an offence against this section
and liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding—
(a)
where the incineration was in contravention of subsection (2)—the
sum of fifty thousand dollars if the offender is a natural person or the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars if the offender is a body corporate; or
(b)
where the incineration was in contravention of subsection (3)—the
sum of forty thousand dollars if the offender is a natural person or the sum
of eighty thousand dollars if the offender is a body corporate; or
(c)
where the incineration was in contravention of subsection (4)—the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars if the offender is a natural person or the
sum of fifty thousand dollars if the offender is a body corporate; or
(d)
where the incineration was in contravention of subsection (5)—the
sum of ten thousand dollars if the offender is a natural person or the sum of
twenty thousand dollars if the offender is a body corporate.