Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.47Offence to dispose of waste from hazardous poison, pesticide or fumigant
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sec.47 Offence to dispose of waste from hazardous poison, pesticide or fumigant
A person must not dispose of waste from a hazardous poison, pesticide or fumigant unless the person— disposes of the waste in the authorised way; or has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who— discards the waste by placing it under the control of a person authorised to dispose of the waste under this Act; or a person who returns the waste from a hazardous poison to a manufacturer of the poison for re-use discards or destroys the waste under another law. the holder of an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 who destroys the waste in accordance with the authority s 47 amd 2021 No. 12 s 233 (sec.47-ssec.1) A person must not dispose of waste from a hazardous poison, pesticide or fumigant unless the person— disposes of the waste in the authorised way; or has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.47-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who— discards the waste by placing it under the control of a person authorised to dispose of the waste under this Act; or a person who returns the waste from a hazardous poison to a manufacturer of the poison for re-use discards or destroys the waste under another law. the holder of an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 who destroys the waste in accordance with the authority
- (a) disposes of the waste in the authorised way; or
- (b) has a reasonable excuse.
- (a) discards the waste by placing it under the control of a person authorised to dispose of the waste under this Act; or Example for paragraph (a) — a person who returns the waste from a hazardous poison to a manufacturer of the poison for re-use
- (b) discards or destroys the waste under another law. Example for paragraph (b) — the holder of an environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 who destroys the waste in accordance with the authority