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Environment Protection Act 2019
217CEO may do specified acts or things
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217 CEO may do specified acts or things
(1) The CEO may do any act or thing specified in an enforcement order
if the specified person contravenes the order.
(2) The CEO must not do the specified act or thing unless:
(a) the CEO gives the specified person written notice that the
CEO intends to do the specified act or thing; and
(b) the CEO invites the specified person to provide either of the
following within the specified response period:
(i) proof that satisfies the CEO that the specified person
has done the specified act or thing;
(ii) reasons that satisfy the CEO that the specified person
will do the specified act or thing within the specified
action period; and
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(c) the specified person does not within the specified response
(i) provide the required proof; or
(ii) satisfy the CEO that the specified person will do the
specified act or thing within the specified action period.
(3) In doing a specified act or thing, the CEO may:
(a) do anything that is necessary or expedient to be done for that
purpose; and
(b) publish notice that the specified person has contravened the
enforcement order.
(4) The CEO may recover any costs reasonably incurred in doing a
specified act or thing under this section from the specified person in
a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Territory.
(5) The CEO may, in writing, authorise another person to exercise a
power or perform a function under subsections (1) to (4) on the
(6) If a person is authorised to exercise a power or perform a function
under subsection (5), anything done by the person in the exercise
specified action period, in relation to a notice under
subsection (2), means the period (being not less than 10 business
days) specified as the action period in the notice.
specified response period, in relation to a notice under
subsection (2), means the period (being not less than 10 business
days) specified as the response period in the notice.