Clause 13

in subsections (1), (2) and (8), replace “communicating with” with “connected to”;

in subsection (5)(a), replace “a fine not exceeding” with “a fine of at least $10,000 and not more than”;

in subsection (5)(b), replace “a fine not exceeding” with “a fine of at least $20,000 and not more than”;

replace subsection (6) with —“(6) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) and thereby causes —

injury or death to any person;

damage to any public sewerage system which renders the sewerage system inoperable; or

severe disruption to the process of treating sewage or the process of water reclamation,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable —

on the first conviction, to a fine of at least $40,000 and not more than $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and

on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of at least $80,000 and not more than $400,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.”;

in subsection (7)(b), delete “or trade effluent”; and

in subsection (9)(a)(iv)(B), delete “trade effluent,”.