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Environment Protection Act 2017
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234 Enforcement of financial assurance
(1) A person must not refuse or fail to do any of the following within the specified period—
(a) provide a financial assurance;
(b) provide a further amount as a financial assurance following amendment by the Authority;
(c) replenish the amount of a financial assurance consequent to a claim on the financial assurance.
(2) If a person refuses or fails to fulfil a requirement specified in subsection (1) when it is due, the Authority may—
(a) suspend a permission issued or granted with a condition requiring the holder of the permission to provide a financial assurance, until the person fulfils the requirement; or
(b) issue a prohibition notice in relation to the particular activity for which the financial assurance is provided.
Pt 8.5 (Heading and s. 235) inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).
Part 8.5—Advisory panels
S. 235 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).