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National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004)

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Regulations regarding the Phasing-Out and Management of Ozone-Depleting Substances

Chapter 5 : General Matters

9. Offences and penalties

 

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if that person—
(a) contravenes regulations 3, 4, 5, 5A, 5B, 6 ,7 or 8 of these Regulations;
(b) Intentionally supplies false or misleading information in any application contemplated under these regulations;
(c) contravenes or fails to comply with a. condition or requirement of an approval issued in terms of these Regulations.

[Regulation 9(1)(a) substituted by section 5 of Notice No. 10, GG44065, dated 11 January 2021]

 

(2) A person convicted of an offence contemplated in sub-regulation (1) is liable in the case of a first conviction to a fine not exceeding R5 million or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding R10 million or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years and in respect of both instances to both such fine and such imprisonment.