Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 320C

320C Duty of other persons to notify particular owners and occupiers

(1) This section applies if the person is not carrying out the primary activity during the person’s employment or engagement by, or as the agent of, someone else.

(2) The person must, no later than 24 hours after becoming aware of the event and unless the person has a reasonable excuse, give the administering authority written notice of the event, its nature and the circumstances in which it happened.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an event mentioned in section 320A (1) (a) —500 penalty units; and

(b) for an event mentioned in section 320A (1) (b) —100 penalty units.

(3) The person must, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of the event and unless the person has a reasonable excuse, give—

(a) written notice of the event, its nature and the circumstances in which it happened to—

(i) any occupier of the affected land; or

(ii) any registered owner of the affected land; or

(b) public notice of the event, its nature and the circumstances in which it happened to persons on the affected land.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an event mentioned in section 320A (1) (a) —500 penalty units; and

(b) for an event mentioned in section 320A (1) (b) —100 penalty units.