ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 314 Civil penalty provision
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2017 - SECT 314
Civil penalty provision(1) A provision of this Act that is set out in the table to subsection (3) is a civil penalty provision.
(2) Subject to this Part, the Authority may (in addition or as an alternative to, a criminal proceeding or an order under Division 2 of Part 11.6) apply to a Court for a civil penalty order in relation to a contravention of a civil penalty provision set out in column 2 of an item of the table to subsection (3).
(3) The Court may only make a civil penalty order or an order under Division 2 of Part 11.6 in relation to a person's contravention of a civil penalty provision referred to in item 1 or 3 of the table if the person—
(a) contravenes that civil penalty provision in the course of conducting a business or an undertaking; or
(b) is an officer of a body corporate who contravenes that civil penalty provision in the course of conducting a business or an undertaking and the person contravenes the civil penalty provision as a result of Part 11.8.
Table
|
|
Maximum penalty for contravention by a natural person |
Maximum penalty for contravention by a body corporate | |
|---|---|---|---|
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1. |
Section 25(1) (Breach of general environmental duty) |
2000 penalty units |
10 000 penalty units |
|
2. |
Section 28(1) (Breach of duty not to engage in conduct that results in material harm) |
2000 penalty units |
10 000 penalty units |
|
3. |
Section 32(2) (Failure to notify Authority of notifiable incident) |
240 penalty units |
1200 penalty units |
|
4. |
Section 40(1) (Failure of person in management or control to notify the Authority of notifiable contamination) |
120 penalty units |
600 penalty units |
|
5. |
Section 44(1) (Engaging in a specified activity without a development licence) |
2000 penalty units |
10 000 penalty units |
|
6. |
Section 45(1) (Engaging in a prescribed operating activity without an operating licence) |
2000 penalty units |
10 000 penalty units |
|
7. |
Section 46(1) (Engaging in a prescribed permit activity without a permit) |
1000 penalty units |
5000 penalty units |
|
8. |
Section 47(1) (Engaging in a prescribed registration activity without a registration) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
9. |
Section 63(1) (Breach of condition of licence) |
2000 penalty units |
10 000 penalty units |
|
10. |
Section 63(2) (Breach of condition of permit) |
1000 penalty units |
5000 penalty units |
|
11. |
Section 63(3) (Breach of condition of a registration) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
12. |
Section 88(2) (Prohibited person engaging in an activity prescribed for the purposes of section 88) |
240 penalty units |
1200 penalty units. |
|
13. |
Section 133(1) (Unlawful deposit of industrial waste) |
2000 penalty units |
10 000 penalty units |
|
14. |
Section 133(2) (Deposit of industrial waste without consent of holder of permission or occupier) |
2000 penalty units |
10 000 penalty units |
|
15. |
Section 134(1) (Unlawful receipt of industrial waste) |
2 000 penalty units |
10 000 penalty units |
|
16. |
Section 135(2) (Failure by person in management or control of industrial waste to take reasonable steps in relation to transporting industrial waste) |
2 000 penalty units |
10 000 penalty units |
|
17. |
Section 137(1) (Provision of false or misleading information in connection with industrial waste) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
18. |
Section 139(1) (Failure to classify priority waste by person in management or control) |
120 penalty units |
600 penalty units |
|
19. |
Section 139(2) (Failure by person in management or control to take reasonable steps in relation to priority waste) |
120 penalty units |
600 penalty units |
|
20. |
Section 142(1) (Failure to record or provide the prescribed transaction details in connection with reportable priority waste) |
240 penalty units |
1200 penalty units |
|
21. |
Section 143(1) (Improper transport of reportable priority waste) |
240 penalty units |
1200 penalty units |
|
22. |
Section 155(1) (Failure to comply with order relating to environmentally hazardous substances) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
23. |
Section 168 (Emit or permit noise that is prescribed to be aggravated noise) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
24. |
Section 215(1) (Environmental auditor issuing false or misleading preliminary risk screen assessment statement or environmental audit statement) |
500 penalty units | |
|
25. |
Section 216(1) (Failure of environmental auditor to notify the Authority of imminent state of danger) |
500 penalty units | |
|
26. |
Section 286(1) (Failure to comply with improvement notice) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
27. |
Section 287(1) (Failure to comply with prohibition notice) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
28. |
Section 289(1) (Failure to comply with notice to investigate) |
120 penalty units |
600 penalty units |
|
29. |
Section 290(1) (Failure to comply with environmental action notice) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
30. |
Section 292(1) (Failure to comply with site management order) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
31. |
Section 293(1) (Failure to comply with non-disturbance notice) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |
|
32. |
Section 463(2) (Providing false or misleading information or a document or conceal information or a document) |
500 penalty units |
2500 penalty units |