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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Miscellaneous provisions - Offences - Offences relating to wastewater networks

317: Discharging trade waste without trade waste permit

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"Releasing trade waste without a permit is against the law"

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If you discharge trade waste into a wastewater network without a trade waste permit, you commit an offence. You need a trade waste permit issued under a trade waste bylaw made under section 258.

If you are found guilty of this offence, you can be fined. The fine is up to $500,000 if you are an individual.

If you are a company or a group, the fine can be up to $3 million.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Offences: Offences relating to wastewater networks

317Discharging trade waste without trade waste permit

  1. A person commits an offence if they discharge trade waste into a wastewater network without a trade waste permit issued under a trade waste bylaw made under section 258.

  2. A person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction,—

  3. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $500,000:
    1. for a body corporate or an unincorporated body, to a fine not exceeding $3 million.

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