79Issue of compliance notices by Secretary

79 Issue of compliance notices by Secretary

79 Issue of compliance notices by Secretary

(1) If the Secretary is of the opinion that a person is contravening a provision of this Part or the regulations for this Part, the Secretary may serve on the person a notice (a compliance notice) requiring the person to remedy the contravention within the period specified in the notice.

(2) A compliance notice must—

(a) give particulars of the alleged contravention, and

(b) include information about rights (if any) to seek a review of the Secretary’s decision to issue the notice.

Note—

Section 91 (9) allows the regulations to provide for the internal review of compliance notices.

(3) A compliance notice may include directions as to the measures to be taken to remedy any contravention to which the notice relates or to otherwise comply with the notice.

(4) A compliance notice may offer the person to whom it is issued a choice of ways in which to remedy the contravention or to comply with the notice.