Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
R 385
National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)RegulationsWaste Exclusion Regulations, 2018Chapter 4 : General Matters14. 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. |