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Environment Protection Act 1997
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138 Causing material environmental harm or likely material
environmental harm
causing material environmental harm or likely material
Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or
material environmental harm or likely material environmental harm.
Maximum penalty: 750 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or
(3) A person must not pollute the environment causing material
environmental harm or likely material environmental harm.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.
(5) If in a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) or
subsection (2), the court is not satisfied that the defendant is guilty of
the offence charged but is satisfied that the defendant is guilty of an
offence against subsection (3), the court may find the defendant guilty
of the latter offence.
Environmental offences Division 15.1