Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 178

S. 178(1) amended by No. 48/2021 s. 94(b).

    (1)     A person must not cause or permit anything other than—

        (a)     sewage; or

        (b)     trade waste discharged in accordance with a trade waste agreement—

to be discharged into the sewerage system of an Authority.

Penalty:     200 penalty units and, for a continuing offence, an additional penalty of 80 penalty units for each day on which the offence continues—

        (a)     after service of a notice of contravention on the person under section 151 ; or

        (b)     if no notice of contravention is served, after conviction of the person for the offence.

Note to s. 178(1) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 94(b).

Note

Section 297 applies to an offence against this subsection.

S. 178(1)(c)(d) repealed by No. 48/2021 s. 94(a).

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    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to a discharge that occurs in circumstances that constitute an offence against the Environment Protection Act 1970 .

S. 179 substituted by No. 23/2019 s. 75.