58DDefences to general environmental offences

58D Defences to general environmental offences (1) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against section 58C if it is proved that the act or failure to act was authorised under an Act. (2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against section 58C if it is proved that the alleged offence did not result from a failure on the defendant's part to exercise reasonable diligence.

Energy Pipelines Act 1981 56 (3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against section 58C in relation to a particular contaminant or waste material if it is proved the defendant complied with: (a) a provision of an environment protection objective within the meaning of the Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998; or (b) a condition of an approval, permit, lease, licence or authorisation under an Act, that fixed maximum allowable levels for the particular contaminant or waste material.