(2) The Agency may impose conditions (including conditions subsequent) in its written approval mentioned in subsection (1)(b).
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to—
- (a) the placement by a person of a receptacle in a public place for the collection of any regulated product for disposal where the person does so for or on behalf of a person referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b); or
- (b) the collection of any regulated product for disposal as waste by a licensed waste collector where the collection of the regulated product is—
- (i) incidental to the licensed waste collector’s collection of general waste; or
- (ii) carried out for or on behalf of a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b).
(4) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
Proper disposal of regulated products
17.—(1) Except where section 13, 14 or 15 applies, a person, other than an individual, commits an offence if the person disposes of a regulated product other than by presenting it to, or by depositing it at a place directed or designated by, an approved person.
(2) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the accused knew that—
- (a) the thing disposed of is a regulated product;
- (b) the person to whom the thing was presented is not an approved person; or
- (c) the place at which the thing was deposited was not directed or designated by an approved person.
(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
