626   Failure to obtain approval

(1)  A person who carries out an activity specified in Part A of the Table to section 68 without having obtained a prior approval of the council under Part 1 of Chapter 7 required for the carrying out of that activity is guilty of an offence, subject to subsection (2).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units (in the case of an individual) or 100 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).

(2)  (Repealed)

(3)  A person who carries out an activity specified in Parts B–F of the Table to section 68 without having obtained a prior approval of the council under Part 1 of Chapter 7 required for the carrying out of that activity is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4)  A person:

(a)  who carries out an activity without having obtained a prior approval of the council under Part 1 of Chapter 7 required for the carrying out of that activity, and

(b)  who so carries out the activity on the basis of an exemption granted by or under this Act, being an exemption that is subject to conditions, and

(c)  who carries out the activity otherwise than in accordance with the conditions to which the exemption is subject,

      is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (3) as if the exemption did not apply.