86Pollutants discharged into sewer

86 Pollutants discharged into sewer

86 Pollutants discharged into sewer

(1) The Act, section 120 does not apply to the discharge of pollutants into a sewer if the discharge has the lawful approval of the following—

(a) in relation to a sewer within the area of operations of a sewage authority—the sewage authority,

(b) otherwise—a person who has ownership or control of the sewer.

(2) In this section—

sewage authority means—

(a) the Sydney Water Corporation or the Hunter Water Corporation, or

(b) a water supply authority constituted under the Water Management Act 2000, being an authority exercising sewerage functions under that Act, or

(c) a council or county council exercising sewerage functions under the Local Government Act 1993, Chapter 6, Part 3, Division 2.