Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998
83General environmental offences
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83 General environmental offences (1) A person must not intentionally pollute the environment, where: (a) serious environmental harm results; and Penalty: environmental offence level 1. (2) A person must not pollute the environment, where: (a) serious environmental harm results; and Penalty: environmental offence level 2. (3) A person must not intentionally pollute the environment, where: (a) material environmental harm results; and
Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 58 Penalty: environmental offence level 2. (4) A person must not pollute the environment, where: (a) material environmental harm results; and (5) A person must not cause an environmental nuisance. (6) A person must not intentionally cause or permit a contaminant or waste to be stored: (a) in a manner or condition in which; or (b) at a place from which, it is reasonably likely that the contaminant or waste could: (c) leak, spill, or escape from storage into the environment; and (d) in leaking, spilling or escaping from storage, cause (7) A person must not cause or permit a contaminant or waste to be stored: (a) in a manner or condition in which; or (b) at a place from which, it is reasonably likely that the contaminant or waste could: (c) leak, spill, or escape from storage into the environment; and (d) in leaking, spilling or escaping from storage, cause
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