ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 479 479 Offences in relation to release of contaminant in emergency

Queensland Consolidated Acts

479 Offences in relation to release of contaminant in emergency

A person to whom an emergency direction is given must—

(a) comply with the direction (including a condition of the direction), unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it; and

(b) take all reasonable and practicable precautions to prevent or minimise—

(i) environmental harm being caused; and

(ii) the risk of death or injury to humans and animals; and

(iii) loss or damage to property.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.