51Persons must not discharge into sewerage systems without discharge approvals

51 Persons must not discharge into sewerage systems without discharge approvals

51 Persons must not discharge into sewerage systems without discharge approvals

(1) For the Act, section 300A, a person must not cause or allow anything, including stormwater, to be discharged, whether directly or indirectly, into Essential Energy’s sewerage system unless the person holds a discharge approval for the discharge.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the discharge into Essential Energy’s sewerage system of the following substances—

(a) kitchen, laundry, bathroom and toilet waste discharged from residential premises,

(b) backwash from swimming pools located on residential premises,

(c) bathroom and toilet waste from commercial and industrial premises,

(d) kitchen waste from individual caravan sites in a caravan park,

(e) laundry waste from common caravan park facilities,

(f) a substance that is exempt from the requirements of subsection (1) by Essential Energy’s approved discharge policy.

(3) Subsection (2) does not authorise the discharge into Essential Energy’s sewerage system of the contents of a human waste storage facility within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993.