Conference papers

Tasmanian approaches to environmental offences

Richard Bingham and Ian Woodward
Department of Environment and Land Management, Tasmania

Published in:
Environmental crime : proceedings of a conference held 1-3 September 1993, Hobart
Neil Gunningham, Jennifer Norberry, and Sandra McKillop (eds.)
ISBN 0 642 21348 8 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1995
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 26)

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Abstract

The authors examine Tasmania's Environment Protection Act which imposes obligation on operators to either ensure that pollution does not occur or that point source emission standards are not exceeded. New legislation which is expected to commence in 1995 includes a variety of enforcement mechanisms, which reflect the changing demands on environmental regulators. These include civil enforcement measures; incentives; government endorsement of environmental performance as an asset; and transferable pollution rights.