Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A person who
deposits or disposes of, or causes to be deposited or disposed of, any
rubbish, litter, or other objectionable matter of any kind on or in the
vicinity of any works or in any other place where it or any of its components
constitutes a source or potential source of pollution, commits an offence.
(2) A person who
carries on any operation, or does any other act, which creates or tends to
create a nuisance on or in the vicinity of any works commits an offence.
(3) An occupier of any
property or a person using a boat on any works who allows any sullage or
effluent —
(a)
containing sewage that has not been treated to a standard approved by the
Corporation;
(b)
having acidity or alkalinity outside the range of a pH value between pH5 and
pH9;
(c)
containing poisons; or
(d)
containing any substance which is likely to —
(i)
contribute to the formation of sludge or other deposit;
(ii)
contribute to the formation of scum, fat, oil, grease or
floating material;
(iii)
contribute to the formation of objectionable odours or
discoloration;
(iv)
be injurious to marine, animal or human life; or
(v)
delete excessively the oxygen content of waters,
to be discharged in or
upon any works commits an offence.
(4) Without limiting
sub-bylaw (3), a person who discharges or permits the discharge of waste
into any of the waters in any works commits an offence
unless —
(a)
every reasonable and practicable step has been taken to improve the quality
and appearance of the waste, prior to discharge; and
(b) they
conform with a bacterial, physical and chemical composition approved by the
Corporation,
and, in any event,
commits an offence if it would have been reasonably practicable to dispose of
them satisfactorily, in some other manner.
[By-law 8 amended in Gazette
29 Dec 1995 p. 6317-18.]