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Environment Protection Act 2019
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178 Requirements of environment protection notices
(1) Subject to sections 182, 182A and 183, an environment protection
notice may impose any requirement reasonably required for the
purpose for which the notice is issued, including one or more of the
(a) a requirement (a cease work requirement) that the person
discontinue, or not commence, a specified activity or specified
part of an activity;
(b) a requirement that the person not undertake or continue a
specified activity except at specified times or subject to
specified conditions;
(c) a requirement that the person undertake a specified activity
within a specified period or at specified times or in specified
circumstances;
(d) a requirement that the person prepare, in accordance with
specified requirements and to the satisfaction of the CEO, a
plan to prevent, minimise, manage or remediate
environmental harm;
(da) a requirement that the person:
(i) rehabilitate the environment; or
(ii) prepare, in accordance with specified requirements and
to the satisfaction of the CEO, a plan to rehabilitate the
environment;
(e) a requirement that the person comply with the plan mentioned
in paragraph (d) or (da);
(f) a requirement that the person undertake specified tests or
environmental monitoring;
(g) a requirement that the person submit to the CEO specified
testing, monitoring or compliance reports;
(h) a requirement that the person appoint or engage a person in a
specified class of qualified person to prepare a plan or report
or undertake tests or monitoring required by the notice;
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(i) a requirement prescribed by regulation.
(2) An environment protection notice that includes a cease work
requirement remains in force until it is revoked by the CEO under
section 184.
(3) An application to NTCAT for review of an environment protection
notice that imposes a requirement mentioned in subsection (1)(a),
(b) or (c) or a requirement prescribed by regulation does not stay
the operation of the notice.