| (1) | A person is guilty of a category one offence if that person— |
| (c) | loads, imports or exports any waste or other material to be dumped or incinerated at sea in contravention of section 70; |
| (d) | dumps any waste at sea in contravention of section 70; |
| (e) | dumps any waste or other material at sea without a dumping permit in contravention of section 70; |
| (f) | alters any authorisation; |
| (g) | fabricates or forges any document for the purpose of passing it off as an authorisation; |
| (h) | passes off, uses, alters or has in possession any altered or false document purporting to be a coastal authorisation; |
[Subsection (1)(h) substituted by section 44(a) of Act No. 36 of 2014]
| (i) | makes any false statement or report, for the purpose of obtaining or objecting to an authorisation; |
| (j) | reclaims land from coastal waters without authorisation of the Minister in terms of sections 7B and 7C; |
| (k) | utilised reclaimed land in contravention of sections 7B and 7C; |
| (n) | fails to comply with a verbal directive issued by the Minister of MEC in terms of section 92(1); or |
[Subsection (1) substituted by section 44((b) of Act No. 36 of 2014]
| (2) | A person is guilty of a category two offence if that person— |
| (a) | fails to comply with a repair and removal notice issued in terms of section 60; |
| (b) | hinders or interferes with a duly authorised person exercising a power or performing a duty in terms of this Act; |
| (c) | knowingly falsely represents that he or she is a person authorised to exercise powers in terms of this Act; |
| (d) | constructs, maintains or extends any structure, or takes other measures on coastal public property to promote erosion or accretion of the seashore in contravention of section 15(2); |
| (e) | fails to comply with a coastal protection notice or access notice issued in terms of section 59; |
| (f) | conducts an activity without a coastal authorisation required in terms of this Act; |
| (g) | fails to comply with the conditions of a coastal authorisation; |
| (i) | allows any other person to do, or to omit to do, anything which is an offence in terms of paragraph (a), or (c) to (h); |
| (j) | prevents access to coastal public property in contravention of section 13(1A); or |
| (k) | contravenes any other provision of this Act which is not referred to in subsections (1) or (2). |
[Subsection (2) substituted by section 44(c) of Act No. 36 of 2014]
| (3) | [Subsection (3) deleted by section 44(d) of Act No. 36 of 2014] |
| (4) | [Subsection (4) deleted by section 44(d) of Act No. 36 of 2014]. |
