58CGeneral environmental offences

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.

Energy Pipelines Act 1981 55 (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.