(6) Any sum deposited in terms of subsection (4) shall, if deposited with an inspector, form part of the funds of the Agency: Provided that any balance in excess of a sum so deposited which is recovered in terms of section 348 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] shall not form part of the funds of the Agency. 69 Standards for waste The Standards and Enforcement Committee shall recommend to the Board— (a) measures necessary to identify materials and processes that are dangerous to human health and the environment; (b) the issuance of guidelines and the prescribing of measures for the management of the materials and processes identified under paragraph (a); (c) the prescribing of standards for waste, their classification and analyses, and advise on standards of disposal methods and means for such waste; (d) the prescribing of measures for the handling, storage, transportation, segregation and destruction of any waste. 70 Prohibition against discharge of wastes (1) No person shall discharge or dispose of any wastes, whether generated within or outside Zimbabwe, in such a manner as to cause pollution to the environment or ill health to any person. (2) No person shall transport any waste other than— (a) in accordance with a valid licence to transport wastes issued by the Board; and (b) to a wastes disposal site established in accordance with a licence issued by the Board. (3) Every person whose activities generate waste shall employ measures essential to minimise wastes through treatment, reclamation and recycling. (4) The Minister or an inspector may by order issued in terms of section one hundred and seventeen or one hundred and eighteen, as the case may be, require a person referred to in subsection (3) to take such measures as are specified in the order to minimise wastes through treatment, reclamation and recycling. (5) Any person who⎯ (a) discharges or disposes of any wastes in contravention of any measure or standard prescribed in terms of section sixty-nine; or (b) transports any waste otherwise than in accordance with a valid licence issued in terms of in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), or otherwise than to a licensed wastes disposal site; shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for a period of not more than five years or to a fine of not more than five million dollars or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 71 Application for waste licence (1) Any person who intends to transport wastes within Zimbabwe, or to operate a wastes disposal site or plant or to generate hazardous waste of a prescribed type or quantity, shall prior to doing so, apply to the Board for the grant of an appropriate waste licence. (2) An application for a waste licence shall be made in the prescribed form and be accompanied by the prescribed fee. 35

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