Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If any discharge
of oil or of an oily mixture occurs from a place on land into State waters,
the occupier of the place shall without delay, notify, in the prescribed
manner, a prescribed officer of the occurrence.
Penalty: $5 000.
(2) Where, in
compliance with subsection (1), the occupier of a place on land has
notified a prescribed officer of the occurrence of a discharge, he shall, if
so requested by a prescribed officer furnish, within the prescribed time, a
report in relation to the discharge in accordance with the prescribed form to
a prescribed officer.
Penalty: $5 000.
(3) A person shall
not, in a notice given to a prescribed officer in pursuance of
subsection (1) or in a report furnished to a prescribed officer in
pursuance of a request made under subsection (2), make a statement that
is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: $5 000.
(4) A notice given to
a prescribed officer in pursuance of subsection (1), and a report
furnished to a prescribed officer in pursuance of a request made under
subsection (2), shall not, without the consent of the person charged, be
admitted in evidence in a prosecution for an offence against section 8(2)
or 9(2).