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Environment Protection Act 2019
228AOffence to interfere with place of notifiable incident
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228A Offence to interfere with place of notifiable incident
(a) a notifiable incident occurs at a place; and
(b) the person intentionally alters the place where the incident
occurred; and
(c) the person does not have the permission of the CEO or an
environmental officer to make that alteration.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
(2) Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(a) and (c).
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against
subsection (1) if the alteration was made to prevent or minimise
environmental harm resulting from the incident.
mentioned in subsection (3) or (4).