178Protection of sewers[[37]](#endnote-38)

178 Protection of sewers[[37]](#endnote-38) S. 178(1) amended by No. 48/2021 s. 94(b). (1) A person must not cause or permit anything other than— (a) sewage; or (b) trade waste discharged in accordance with a trade waste agreement— to be discharged into the sewerage system of an Authority. Penalty: 200 penalty units and, for a continuing offence, an additional penalty of 80 penalty units for each day on which the offence continues— Note to s. 178(1) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 94(b). S. 178(1)(c)(d) repealed by No. 48/2021 s. 94(a). (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to a discharge that occurs in circumstances that constitute an offence against the **Environment Protection Act 1970**. S. 179 substituted by No. 23/2019 s. 75.