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Environment Protection Act 1997
89Notice before claim on or realisation of a financial
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89 Notice before claim on or realisation of a financial
assurance
(1) Before acting under section 88, the authority must give to the holder
of the environmental authorisation in relation to which the financial
assurance was provided, a written notice—
(a) specifying the environmental harm caused, or likely to be
caused, by the authorised activity; and
(b) giving details of the action taken, or to be taken, to remedy the
environmental harm or likely environmental harm; and
(c) specifying the amount of the financial assurance to be claimed
or realised; and
(d) inviting the holder of the authorisation to make a written
representation to the authority to show why the financial
assurance should not be claimed or realised as proposed on or
before a specified date (not earlier than 20 working days after
the date of the notice).
(2) The authority must, within 20 working days after the date specified
in the invitation under subsection (1) (d) and taking into account any
representations made in response to the invitation—
(a) decide whether or not to make a claim on or realise the financial
assurance or part of it; and
(b) give the holder of the authorisation written notice of that
decision.