Western Australian Current Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 78

78 .         Interfering with anti-pollution devices on vehicles or vessels

        (1)         A person who —

            (a)         removes, disconnects or impairs, or causes or allows to be removed, disconnected or impaired, a device fitted to a vehicle or vessel for the purpose of preventing the discharge of matter from, or controlling or dispersing matter discharged by, the vehicle or vessel into the atmosphere or any waters or of controlling noise emitted by the vehicle or vessel; or

            (b)         adjusts or modifies, or causes or allows to be adjusted or modified, a device fitted to, or a part of, a vehicle or vessel, if that adjustment or modification results in the discharge into the atmosphere or any waters by the vehicle or vessel of any matter or in the emission of any noise by the vehicle or vessel that does not comply with the prescribed standard,

                commits an offence.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not prohibit the removal, disconnection, impairment, adjustment or modification of a device, or the adjustment or modification of a part, referred to in that subsection —

            (a)         for the purpose of servicing, repairing or replacing that device or part or of improving its efficiency in minimising —

                  (i)         pollution of the atmosphere or any waters; or

                  (ii)         the discharge of matter or the emission of noise;

                or

            (b)         as a temporary measure for the purpose of facilitating the service or repair of a vehicle or vessel.

        (3)         A person who services or repairs, or causes or allows to be serviced or repaired, a vehicle or vessel in a manner prohibited by the regulations commits an offence.