sec.253Dumping or abandoning waste materials

sec.253 Dumping or abandoning waste materials

A person must not dump or abandon used or waste materials, including, for example, building materials, fencing materials, drums or vegetation, in a protected area. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units. A person must not, in a protected area— defecate within the prescribed minimum distance of a lake, watercourse or walking track in the area, other than in a toilet provided by the chief executive; or bury human waste within the prescribed minimum distance of any of the following— a lake or watercourse; an occupied or established camp site; a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site; a walking track or other public facility; or leave human waste unburied. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. This section does not apply in relation to a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge. In this section— prescribed minimum distance means— 10m; or if a regulatory notice for a protected area or part of a protected area states a longer minimum distance for the area or part—the longer minimum distance. (sec.253-ssec.1) A person must not dump or abandon used or waste materials, including, for example, building materials, fencing materials, drums or vegetation, in a protected area. Maximum penalty—120 penalty units. (sec.253-ssec.2) A person must not, in a protected area— defecate within the prescribed minimum distance of a lake, watercourse or walking track in the area, other than in a toilet provided by the chief executive; or bury human waste within the prescribed minimum distance of any of the following— a lake or watercourse; an occupied or established camp site; a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site; a walking track or other public facility; or leave human waste unburied. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.253-ssec.3) This section does not apply in relation to a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge. (sec.253-ssec.4) In this section— prescribed minimum distance means— 10m; or if a regulatory notice for a protected area or part of a protected area states a longer minimum distance for the area or part—the longer minimum distance.

• (a) defecate within the prescribed minimum distance of a lake, watercourse or walking track in the area, other than in a toilet provided by the chief executive; or
• (b) bury human waste within the prescribed minimum distance of any of the following— (i) a lake or watercourse; (ii) an occupied or established camp site; (iii) a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site; (iv) a walking track or other public facility; or
• (i) a lake or watercourse;
• (ii) an occupied or established camp site;
• (iii) a site designated by a regulatory notice as a camp site;
• (iv) a walking track or other public facility; or
• (c) leave human waste unburied.