Discharge of waste prohibited

(1) No person shall discharge waste or construct works therefor in a Water Quality Control Area declared as such under section 79 of this Act, except in accordance with a permit granted pursuant to section 66. (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars or more than one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment of not less than one year or more than five years or to both. (3) Subject to this section, a person who at the commencement of this Act is discharging waste in a Water Quality Control Area and intends to continue such waste shall, within three months of the commencement of this Act, apply to the Authority pursuant to section 66 of this section for a permit to discharge waste.