Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may make standards and impose requirements that are to be complied with in relation to, or in relation to the prevention or minimisation of:
(a) environmental pollution (including air, water or soil pollution) generated at airport sites; or
(b) impacts on biota or habitat; or
(c) interference with sites of heritage value; or
(d) interference with sites of significance to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people; or
(e) the emission of noise generated at airport sites (other than noise generated by aircraft in flight); or
(f) the disposal or storage of waste at airport sites.
(2) If a person contravenes a particular provision of regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1), the person commits an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding the number of penalty units (not exceeding 250 penalty units) that is declared by those regulations to be the maximum number of penalty units for a contravention of that provision.
(2A) Strict liability applies to the element of an offence against subsection (2) that regulations were made for the purposes of subsection (1).
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(3) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may make provision for or in relation to a matter by conferring a power on the Minister.
(3A) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may make provision for or in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating (with or without modification) any matter contained in a standard proposed or approved by Standards Australia, being a standard as in force or existing from time to time.
(3B) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may make provision for or in relation to fees in respect of applications made in relation to any matter under the regulations.
(4) Section 133 does not, by implication, limit subsection (1) of this section.