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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 16

Material environmental harm

16 Material environmental harm

(1)
"Material environmental harm" is environmental harm (other than environmental nuisance)—
(a) that is not trivial or negligible in nature, extent or context; or
(b) that causes actual or potential loss or damage to property of an amount of, or amounts totalling, more than the threshold amount but less than the maximum amount; or
(c) that results in costs of more than the threshold amount but less than the maximum amount being incurred in taking appropriate action to—
(i) prevent or minimise the harm; and
(ii) rehabilitate or restore the environment to its condition before the harm.
(2) The chief executive must ensure a threshold amount calculated under subsection (3) , definition threshold amount , paragraph (b) is published on the department’s website during the financial year to which it relates.
(3) In this section—

"maximum amount" means the threshold amount for serious environmental harm.

"threshold amount" means—
(a) for the financial year ending 30 June 2023—$10,000; or
(b) for a later financial year—the threshold amount for the financial year immediately preceding the later financial year (the
"previous financial year" ) increased by the consumer price index for the previous financial year.



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