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Queensland
POLLUTION OF WATERS BY
OIL AMENDMENT BILL 1992
Queensland
POLLUTION OF WATERS BY OIL
AMENDMENT BILL 1992
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
INCREASED PENALTIES
SCHEDULE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MINOR AMENDMENTS
1992
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Pollution of Waters by Oil Act 1973
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Pollution of Waters by Oil Amendment
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with 1
the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 2
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows. 3
title 4
Short
This Act may be cited as the Pollution of Waters by Oil 5
Clause1.
Amendment Act 1992. 6
Act 7
Amended
The Pollution of Waters by Oil Act 1973 is amended as set out in 8
Clause2.
this Act. 9
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CHEDULE 1 1
¡S
INCREASED PENALTIES 2
section 2 3
1. Section 9-- 4
omit-- 5
`Penalty: $50 000.', 6
insert-- 7
`Maximum penalty-- 8
(a) in the case of an individual--3333 penalty units; or 9
(b) in the case of a corporation--16667 penalty units.'. 10
2. Section 10(2)-- 11
omit-- 12
`Penalty: $50 000.', 13
insert-- 14
`Maximum penalty-- 15
(a) in the case of an individual--3333 penalty units; or 16
(b) in the case of a corporation--16667 penalty units.'. 17
3. Section 14(2)-- 18
omit-- 19
`Penalty: $50 000.', 20
insert-- 21
`Maximum penalty-- 22
(a) in the case of an individual--3333 penalty units; or 23
6
Pollution of Waters by Oil Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
(b) in the case of a corporation--16667 penalty units.'. 1
4. Section 22(1)-- 2
omit-- 3
`Penalty: $50 000.', 4
insert-- 5
`Maximum penalty-- 6
(a) in the case of an individual--3333 penalty units; or 7
(b) in the case of a corporation--16667 penalty units.'. 8
5. Section 32(5)-- 9
omit-- 10
`Penalty: $10 000.', 11
insert-- 12
`Maximum penalty-- 13
(a) in the case of an individual--667 penalty units; or 14
(b) in the case of a corporation--3333 penalty units.'. 15
6. Section 33(4)-- 16
omit-- 17
`Penalty: $5 000.', 18
insert-- 19
`Maximum penalty-- 20
(a) in the case of an individual--333 penalty units; or 21
(b) in the case of a corporation--1667 penalty units.'. 22
7
Pollution of Waters by Oil Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
7. Section 33(6)-- 1
omit-- 2
`Penalty: $5 000.', 3
insert-- 4
`Maximum penalty-- 5
(a) in the case of an individual--333 penalty units; or 6
(b) in the case of a corporation--1667 penalty units.'. 7
8. Section 34(1)-- 8
omit-- 9
`Penalty: $10 000.', 10
insert-- 11
`Maximum penalty--833 penalty units.'. 12
9. Section 34(6)-- 13
omit-- 14
`Penalty: $2 000.', 15
insert-- 16
`Maximum penalty--333 penalty units.'. 17
10. Section 35(8)-- 18
omit-- 19
`Penalty: $5 000.', 20
insert-- 21
`Maximum penalty--333 penalty units.'. 22
8
Pollution of Waters by Oil Amendment
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
11. Section 36-- 1
omit-- 2
`Penalty: $2 000.', 3
insert-- 4
`Maximum penalty--133 penalty units.'. 5
12. Section 37(2)-- 6
omit-- 7
`Penalty: $2 000.', 8
insert-- 9
`Maximum penalty--133 penalty units.'. 10
13. Section 39-- 11
omit `penalty not exceeding $2 000', 12
insert `maximum penalty of-- 13
(a) in the case of an individual--133 penalty units; or 14
(b) in the case of a corporation--333 penalty units.'. 15
9
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CHEDULE 2 1
¡S
INOR AMENDMENTS 2
M
section 2 3
1. Section 3-- 4
omit. 5
2. Section 6-- 6
omit. 7
3. Section 7 (definitions "Director-General", "Minister")-- 8
omit. 9
4. Section 15(1)-- 10
omit `Director-General', insert `chief executive of the department'. 11
5. Section 35(7)(a)-- 12
omit `Director-General', insert `chief executive of the department'. 13
6. Section 39(3)-- 14
omit `$50 000', insert `at least 833 penalty units'. 15
7. Schedule-- 16
omit. 17
18
© State of Queensland 1992
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