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Environment Protection Act 2019
228Failure to notify notifiable incident – environmental offences
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228 Failure to notify notifiable incident – environmental offences
(a) a notifiable incident occurs in the course of carrying out an
action or a mining activity; and
(i) is an approval holder for the action; or
(ii) is the mining operator for the mining activity; or
(iii) is carrying out an environmental audit of a site at which
the notifiable incident is occurring or has occurred; or
(iv) is a qualified person preparing or reviewing information
or a report in relation to the site under Part 13,
Division 3A; and
(c) the person intentionally fails to notify the CEO of the notifiable
incident; and
(d) the failure to notify the CEO of the notifiable incident
contravenes section 225 and the person is reckless in relation
to that circumstance.
(a) a notifiable incident occurs in the course of carrying out an
action or mining activity; and
(i) is an approval holder for the action; or
(ii) is the mining operator for the mining activity; or
(iii) is carrying out an environmental audit of the site at
which the notifiable incident is occurring or has occurred;
or
(iv) is an owner or occupier of the site at which the notifiable
incident occurred; or
(v) is a qualified person preparing or reviewing information
in relation to the site under Part 13, Division 3A; and
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(c) the person fails to notify the CEO of the notifiable incident;
and
(d) the failure to notify the CEO of the notifiable incident
contravenes section 225.
(3) Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(a) and (b).