Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Enforcement
34. Production of transit permits
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This section applies if the Director‑General or an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person (called in this section the suspected person) —
Director‑General
“Director‑General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999;
intends to carry out a transit proposal;
is carrying out a transit proposal; or
has carried out a transit proposal.
The Director-General or authorised officer may require the suspected person to produce, or to produce evidence of the existence and contents of, a transit permit authorising the carrying out of the transit proposal.
Any suspected person who refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the requirement in subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000.