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National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)

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Waste Exclusion Regulations, 2018

Chapter 4 : General Matters

14. Offences and penalties

 

(1) A person commits an offence if that person—
(a) provides or submits misleading information to the Minister in respect of an application for the exclusion of a waste stream or a portion;
(b) fails to develop and submit a risk management plan contemplated in regulation 7;
(c) fails to make a report available to the Department on request in terms of regulation 10(a);
(d) fails to submit a report in terms of regulation 10(b);
(e) contravenes or fails to comply with any permitted use of waste granted in terms of these Regulations.

 

(2) A person convicted of an offence in terms of sub-regulation (1) is liable on conviction to—
(a) to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 years;
(b) an appropriate fine; or
(c) both a fine and imprisonment.