Public and Environmental Health Act 2011
26Causing or permitting public health nuisance
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26 Causing or permitting public health nuisance (a) the person engages in conduct; and (b) the conduct results in a public health nuisance.
Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 16 (b) is reckless as to whether the conduct will result in a public (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is an occupier of a place; and (b) the source of a public health nuisance exists at, or emanates from, the place; and (c) the occupier fails to prevent or remove the source. (a) knows the source of the nuisance exists at, or emanates from, the place; and (b) intentionally fails to prevent or remove the source.