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Environment Protection Act 2017
216Environmental auditor must notify the Authority of imminent state of danger
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216 Environmental auditor must notify the Authority of imminent state of danger
(1) When carrying out any function under this Act or any other Act, an environmental auditor must notify the Authority as soon as practicable after the environmental auditor becomes aware of—
(a) an imminent state of danger to human health or the environment from pollution or waste; or
(b) any circumstances, which if not addressed, are likely to become an imminent state of danger to human health or the environment from pollution or waste; or
Penalty: 500 penalty units.
Section 314 provides that subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision. The penalty for contravention of this civil penalty provision is set out in the table in section 314.
S. 217 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).