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Energy Pipelines Act 1981
58CGeneral environmental offences
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58C General environmental offences
(1) A person must not, during the conduct of an operation authorised
under this Act, intentionally do an act, or fail to do an act, that
causes the release of a contaminant or waste from a pipeline if:
(b) the contaminant or waste causes serious environmental harm
Penalty: environmental offence level 1.
(2) A person must not, during the conduct of an operation authorised
release of a contaminant or waste from a pipeline if:
(b) the contaminant or waste causes serious environmental harm
Penalty: environmental offence level 2.
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(3) A person must not, during the conduct of an operation authorised
under this Act, intentionally do an act, or fail to do an act, that
causes the release of a contaminant or waste from a pipeline if:
(b) the contaminant or waste causes material environmental harm
to land all of which is within one kilometre of a pipeline.
Penalty: environmental offence level 2.
(4) A person must not, during the conduct of an operation authorised
release of a contaminant or waste from a pipeline if:
(b) the contaminant or waste causes material environmental harm
Penalty: environmental offence level 3.
(5) A person must not, during the conduct of an operation authorised
release of a contaminant or waste from a pipeline, if the
contaminant or waste causes an environmental nuisance to land all
of which is within one kilometre of the pipeline.
Penalty: environmental offence level 4.