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Environment Protection Act 2019
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249 Court to consider certain matters
In determining the amount to be paid by a person as a civil penalty,
the court must consider:
(a) the nature and extent of the contravention; and
(b) any environmental harm resulting from the contravention; and
(c) any financial saving or benefit the person stood to gain by
committing the contravention; and
(d) whether the person has previously been found, in a
proceeding under this Act, to have engaged in any similar
conduct; and
(e) any other matter the court considers relevant.