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TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE POLLUTION) ACT 1995 - SECT 48

48 Discharge of treated sewage into nil discharge waters for treated sewage prohibited

(1) If treated sewage is discharged from a ship into nil discharge waters for treated sewage, each culpable person for the discharge commits an offence.

Maximum penalty—850 penalty units.

(2) The nil discharge waters for treated sewage are the coastal waters prescribed under a regulation for this section.

(3) This section applies despite the Criminal Code, sections 23 and 24.

(4) In this section—

ship does not include—

(a) a declared ship under section 49; or
(b) a prescribed ship under section 50A.

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