NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION (PROHIBITION) ACT 1999 - SECT 7

NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION (PROHIBITION) ACT 1999 - SECT 7

7 .         Prohibition against constructing or operating a nuclear waste storage facility

        (1)         A person shall not construct or operate a nuclear waste storage facility in the State or use any place in the State for the storage or disposal of nuclear waste.

        (2)         A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 000.

        (3)         Subsection (1) does not apply if the construction or operation, or the use of the place —

                  (i)         results from an emergency situation; and

                  (ii)         is for the purpose of preventing danger to human life or health, or irreversible damage to the environment, arising from that situation.

        (4)         Proceedings for a contravention of subsection (1) are to be dealt with by a court constituted by a magistrate.

        [Section 7 amended: No. 2 of 2004 s. 9.]