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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 143 Duty of persons transporting reportable priority waste

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 143

Duty of persons transporting reportable priority waste

    (1)     A person must not—

        (a)     transport reportable priority waste other than in accordance with a permission; or

        (b)     cause or permit the transport of reportable priority waste other than where the reportable priority waste is transported in accordance with a permission.

Notes

Section 314 provides that subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision. The penalty for contravention of this civil penalty provision is set out in the table in section 314.

The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing additional controls for particular types of priority waste, including reportable priority waste.

    (2)     A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 240 penalty units;

    In the case of a body corporate, 1200 penalty units.

    (3)     It is a defence to a charge for an offence constituted by a contravention of subsection (1)(b) if a person took all reasonable steps to prevent a contravention of that subsection.

    (4)     For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), causing or permitting the transport of reportable priority waste includes consigning reportable priority waste for transport.

Note

Section 68 deals with exemptions from a requirement to hold a permission in connection with the transport of reportable priority waste.

Pt 6.6 (Heading and ss 144152) inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 1230, 3/2020 ss 4244, 47/2020 s. 26).

Part 6.6—Waste levy scheme

S. 144 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 1230, 3/2020 ss 4244, 47/2020 s. 26).