62Prohibition of unlicensed waste disposal

62 Prohibition of unlicensed waste disposal (1) A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, wilfully cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore causing serious environmental harm. (1A) An offence against subsection (1) is an environmental offence level 1. (1B) A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore (1C) An offence against subsection (1B) is an environmental offence level 2. (1D) A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore causing material environmental harm. (1E) An offence against subsection (1D) is an environmental offence (1F) A person shall not, unless authorised by or under this Act to do so, cause waste to be disposed of underground by means of a bore. Water Act 1992 54 (1G) An offence against subsection (1F) is an environmental offence level 4. (2) In proceedings for an offence against this section, proof of the existence on land of a means whereby waste is capable of being disposed of underground by means of a bore is prima facie evidence that waste was disposed of underground by means of a bore in contravention of this section at the time those means are proved to have existed.