sec.75Permissible and prohibited discharges

sec.75 Permissible and prohibited discharges

A person must not discharge waste into an on-site sewage facility unless the waste is sewage that the facility is designed to receive. Maximum penalty—250 penalty units. A person must not discharge a prohibited substance into an on-site sewage facility. Maximum penalty—250 penalty units. However, a person does not contravene subsection (2) only because the person discharges a substance that has a temperature greater than 38ºC into an on-site sewage facility if— the substance was used for cooking food or cleaning; and the substance is discharged into the on-site sewage facility via a fixture on the premises on which the on-site sewage facility is installed. In this section— prohibited substance means— a solid or viscous substance in a quantity, or of a size, that can obstruct, or interfere with the operation of, an on-site sewage facility; or ash, cinders, sand, mud, straw and shavings metal, glass and plastics paper and plastic dishes, cups and milk containers rags, feathers, tar and wood whole blood, paunch manure, hair and entrails oil and grease cement laden waste water, including wash down from exposed aggregate concrete surfaces a flammable or explosive solid, liquid or gaseous substance; or floodwater, rainwater, stormwater, or roof water, seepage water, subsoil water and surface water; or a substance that, given its quantity, is capable alone, or by interaction with another substance discharged into an on-site sewage facility, of— inhibiting or interfering with a sewage treatment process; or causing damage or a hazard to an on-site sewage facility; or causing a hazard for humans or animals; or creating a hazard in waters into which the substance is discharged; or creating a public nuisance; or contaminating the environment in places where effluent or sludge from a sewage treatment plant is discharged or reused; or a substance with a pH lower than 6.0 or greater than 10.0, or having another corrosive property a substance having a temperature greater than— if the local government has approved a maximum temperature for the substance—the approved maximum temperature; or otherwise—38ºC. (sec.75-ssec.1) A person must not discharge waste into an on-site sewage facility unless the waste is sewage that the facility is designed to receive. Maximum penalty—250 penalty units. (sec.75-ssec.2) A person must not discharge a prohibited substance into an on-site sewage facility. Maximum penalty—250 penalty units. (sec.75-ssec.3) However, a person does not contravene subsection (2) only because the person discharges a substance that has a temperature greater than 38ºC into an on-site sewage facility if— the substance was used for cooking food or cleaning; and the substance is discharged into the on-site sewage facility via a fixture on the premises on which the on-site sewage facility is installed. (sec.75-ssec.4) In this section— prohibited substance means— a solid or viscous substance in a quantity, or of a size, that can obstruct, or interfere with the operation of, an on-site sewage facility; or ash, cinders, sand, mud, straw and shavings metal, glass and plastics paper and plastic dishes, cups and milk containers rags, feathers, tar and wood whole blood, paunch manure, hair and entrails oil and grease cement laden waste water, including wash down from exposed aggregate concrete surfaces a flammable or explosive solid, liquid or gaseous substance; or floodwater, rainwater, stormwater, or roof water, seepage water, subsoil water and surface water; or a substance that, given its quantity, is capable alone, or by interaction with another substance discharged into an on-site sewage facility, of— inhibiting or interfering with a sewage treatment process; or causing damage or a hazard to an on-site sewage facility; or causing a hazard for humans or animals; or creating a hazard in waters into which the substance is discharged; or creating a public nuisance; or contaminating the environment in places where effluent or sludge from a sewage treatment plant is discharged or reused; or a substance with a pH lower than 6.0 or greater than 10.0, or having another corrosive property a substance having a temperature greater than— if the local government has approved a maximum temperature for the substance—the approved maximum temperature; or otherwise—38ºC.