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Environment Protection Act 2019
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248 Civil orders
(1) On the application of the CEO, the court may make the following
orders against a person if the court is satisfied on the balance of
probabilities that the person has contravened a provision of this Act
that is an offence of strict liability:
(a) an order that the person pay to the Territory a pecuniary
amount as a civil penalty (a civil penalty order);
(b) an order mentioned in section 250;
(c) any other order that the court considers appropriate.
(2) The amount of a civil penalty ordered under this section to be paid
in relation to a contravention of a provision that is an offence of
strict liability must not exceed the amount specified by this Act as
the maximum penalty for the offence.