New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

SYDNEY WATER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2000 - REG 7

7 Control of pollution and disease in special areas and controlled areas

(1) A person must not:

(a) bring into or leave in a special area or a controlled area any waste, or

(b) pollute waters in a special area or a controlled area.

(2) A person does not commit an offence under subclause (1) by reason of anything done:

(a) with the Authority's consent and in accordance with any conditions of the consent, or

(b) in accordance with a licence granted under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 .

(3) The owner or occupier of land in a special area or controlled area must not erect, install or operate any on-site sewage management facility on the land unless the person does so in accordance with:

(a) a development consent granted under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 , or

(b) an approval granted under the Local Government Act 1993 , or

(c) an environment protection licence granted under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 .

(4) A person must comply with any direction given by the Authority or an authorised person for:

(a) the disposal of any pollutant or waste in a special area or a controlled area, or of any other substance that is in a special area or a controlled area and that the Authority considers may detrimentally affect any water in the area, or

(b) the removal of any such pollutant, waste or other substance from a special area or controlled area.

Maximum penalty (subclauses (1), (3) and (4)): 100 penalty units in the case of a body corporate or 10 penalty units in any other case.