23Failure to comply with removal notice

23 Failure to comply with removal notice

In the event that the lessee or licensee fails to comply with the removal notice –

(a) the Minister may proceed under section 48 of the Crown Lands Act 1976 ; and

(b) sections 48(2) and (3) of that Act have corresponding effect; and

(c) any costs reasonably incurred by the Crown in resuming, rehabilitating and, if necessary, securing the shack site consequent on the failure by the lessee or licensee to comply with the notice are recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown; and

(d) any improvements or chattels remaining on the shack site are forfeited to the Crown.