Western Australian Current Acts

POLLUTION OF WATERS BY OIL AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES ACT 1987 - SECT 12

12 .         Discharge of oil or oily mixture from land to be reported

        (1)         If any discharge of oil or of an oily mixture occurs from a place on land into State waters, the occupier of the place shall without delay, notify, in the prescribed manner, a prescribed officer of the occurrence.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         Where, in compliance with subsection (1), the occupier of a place on land has notified a prescribed officer of the occurrence of a discharge, he shall, if so requested by a prescribed officer furnish, within the prescribed time, a report in relation to the discharge in accordance with the prescribed form to a prescribed officer.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (3)         A person shall not, in a notice given to a prescribed officer in pursuance of subsection (1) or in a report furnished to a prescribed officer in pursuance of a request made under subsection (2), make a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (4)         A notice given to a prescribed officer in pursuance of subsection (1), and a report furnished to a prescribed officer in pursuance of a request made under subsection (2), shall not, without the consent of the person charged, be admitted in evidence in a prosecution for an offence against section 8(2) or 9(2).