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Serial
109
Environmental Offences and Penalties
Amendment Bill 2010
Mr
Hampton
A Bill for an Act to amend the Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1996
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES AND PENALTIES AMENDMENT ACT 2010
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Act No. [ ] of 2010
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Table of provisions
NORTHERN
TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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Act No. [ ] of 2010
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An Act to amend the Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1996
[Assented to [ ] 2010]
[Second reading [ ] 2010]
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Environmental Offences and Penalties Amendment Act 2010.
This Act amends the Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1996.
3 Amendment of section 3 (Reference to environmental offences)
(1) Section 3(1)(a) and (b), at the end
insert
or
(2) After section 3(1)
insert
(2) For examples of the designation of offences as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d), see section 58C of the Energy Pipelines Act.
4 Amendment of section 4 (Penalty for environmental offence level 1)
(1) Section 4(1)(a)
omit, substitute
(a) not less than 385 penalty units and not more than 3 850 penalty units; or
(2) Section 4(2)
omit
$125,000 and not more than $1,250,000
substitute
1 924 penalty units and not more than 19 240 penalty units
5 Amendment of section 5 (Penalty for environmental offence level 2)
(1) Section 5(1)
omit
$10,000 and not more than $100,000
substitute
154 penalty units and not more than 1 540 penalty units
(2) Section 5(2)
omit
$50,000 and not more than $500,000
substitute
770 penalty units and not more than 7 700 penalty units
6 Amendment of section 6 (Penalty for environmental offence level 3)
(1) Section 6(1)
omit
$5,000 and not more than $50,000
substitute
77 penalty units and not more than 770 penalty units
(2) Section 6(2)
omit
$25,000 and not more than $250,000
substitute
385 penalty units and not more than 3 850 penalty units
7 Amendment of section 7 (Penalty for environmental offence level 4)
(1) Section 7(1)
omit
$5,000
substitute
77 penalty units
(2) Section 7(2)
omit
$25,000
substitute
385 penalty units
8 Amendment of section 8 (Infringement offences)
(1) Section 8(a)(i)
omit
$200
substitute
1.7 penalty units
(2) Section 8(a)(ii)
omit
$1,000
substitute
8.8 penalty units
(3) Section 8(b)(i)
omit
$100
substitute
0.8 penalty unit
(4) Section 8(b)(ii)
omit
$500
substitute
4.4 penalty units
9 Amendment of section 10 (Regulations)
Section 10
omit
all the words after "make"
substitute
regulations under this Act.
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