Licence to discharge effluents

(1) Subject to regulation 5, no person shallLicence for the effluents, etc. (a) discharge on or cause or permit the entry into waters, on the ground or into the ground, of any effluent or any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter; or (b) construct, reconstruct or alter any works for the discharge of any effluent or any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter, except under and in accordance with a licence for the purpose granted by the Department under these Regulations. (2) Every application to discharge effluents shall be in the form set out in the Fifth Schedule and an applicant for a licence shall pay to the Department the fee prescribed by regulation 27. The licence shall be in the form specified in the Fifth Schedule and shall be valid for a period of twelve months from the date of issue or for such period as is specified in the licence. Fifth Schedule. 60 Environmental Protection (3) A licence shall not be required if the discharge results from domestic waste effected by means of absorption or soakaway pits or other prescribed waste disposal system and is in accordance with such provisions as may be prescribed by or under these Regulations or any other law in force pertaining to such disposal. (4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. (5) In imposing any fine, the magistrate may order that any such fine imposed be paid to an environmental fund established by the Department.