Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989)RegulationsWaste Tyre Regulations, 2009Part 7 : General17. Offences and penalties |
| 1) | A person is guilty of an offence if that person contravenes or fails to comply with- |
| a) | a provision of regulations 4, 6, 7, 8, 11(2) and (5),12(1) and (2),15(2), (4) and (5),16(1), (2). (3), (4), (6) and (7); or |
| b) | an integrated industry waste tyre management plan; or |
| 2) | A person is liable on conviction of an offence in terms of sub-regulation (1) to a fine not exceeding R100 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years or to both such fine and such imprisonment, and to a fine not exceeding three times the commercial value of anything in respect of which the offence was committed. |
| 3) | A person convicted of an offence in terms of these Regulations and who after such conviction persists in the act or omission which constituted such offence, shall be guilty of a continuing contravention and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R250 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 20 days or to both such fine and such imprisonment in respect of every day such offence continues. |