Part 5CPower to enter land to comply with

Part 5C Power to enter land to comply with specified conditions 124ZZZN Application ................................................................................... 126 124ZZZO Power to enter land ..................................................................... 127 124ZZZP Notice to CEO and Mining Minister.............................................. 128 124ZZZQ Powers on entry........................................................................... 129 124ZZZR Duties on entry ............................................................................ 129 124ZZZS Recovery of costs ........................................................................ 129 124ZZZT Offence to obstruct ...................................................................... 130 124ZZZU Offence to fail to give notice ........................................................ 130 124ZZZV Offence to fail to comply with duty on entry ................................. 131 125 Environmental offsets framework and guidelines ........................ 131 126 Environmental offsets register ..................................................... 132 127 Application of Division ................................................................. 132 128 Purpose of environment protection bond ..................................... 132 129 Amount of bond ........................................................................... 133 130 Environment protection bond account ......................................... 134 131 Claim on bond ............................................................................. 134 132 Unused bond refundable ............................................................. 135 132A Application of Division ................................................................. 135 132B Purpose of mining security .......................................................... 135 132C Amount of mining security ........................................................... 136 132D Mining security account ............................................................... 137 132E Claim on mining security ............................................................. 138 132F Unused mining security refundable ............................................. 138 133 Environment protection levy ........................................................ 139 134 Liability for environment protection levy....................................... 139 135 Amount of levy ............................................................................. 139 136 Minister may establish environment protection funds .................. 140 137 Payments into environment protection funds ............................... 140 138 Expenditure from an environment protection fund ....................... 141 Environment Protection Act 2019 xi 139 Recovery of amounts paid out of fund ......................................... 141 Part 8 Environmental audits, environmental auditors and environmental practitioners 140 Relationship of this Part to other provisions................................. 142 141 Environmental audit ..................................................................... 142 142 Direction by CEO to carry out environmental audit ...................... 143 143 CEO may appoint qualified person to carry out environmental audit ............................................................................................. 144 144 Environmental audit and report.................................................... 144 145 Contravention of direction – environmental offence..................... 145 146 Offence relating to conflict of interest .......................................... 145 147 Authorisation of audit despite conflict .......................................... 145 148 Nature of conflict of interest ......................................................... 145 149 Qualified person may direct information to be provided ............... 147 150 Declarations in relation to environmental audit reports ................ 147 151 Contravention of direction to provide relevant information – environmental offences ............................................................... 147 152 Offence if false or misleading information in audit report or missing information ...................................................................... 148 153 Retention and production of audit documentation ....................... 148 154 Contravention of direction – environmental offences ................... 149 155 Offence to represent that registered as auditor ........................... 149 156 Registration of environmental auditors ........................................ 150 157 Offence to represent that registered as environmental practitioner ................................................................................... 150 158 Registration of environmental practitioners ................................. 151 159 Appointment or authorisation of environmental officers ............... 151 160 Identity card ................................................................................. 151 161 Offence not to return identity card ............................................... 152 162 Powers of environmental officers: purposes ................................ 152 163 General powers of environmental officers ................................... 153 Environment Protection Act 2019 xii 164 Entry of residential premises ....................................................... 155 165 Entry on Aboriginal land .............................................................. 156 166 Duties of environmental officer on land or premises .................... 156 167 Duty of environmental officer in relation to seized thing .............. 156 168 Forfeiture of seized thing ............................................................. 157 169 Offence to contravene requirement ............................................. 157 170 Application for and issue of search warrant ................................. 158 171 Effect and term of search warrant................................................ 159 172 Directions by environmental officer.............................................. 159 173 Offence to contravene direction ................................................... 160 174 Offence to obstruct environmental officer .................................... 160 175 Compliance with requirement to provide information ................... 161 176 Environment protection notice – purpose and issue .................... 161 177 Content of environment protection notice .................................... 162 178 Requirements of environment protection notices......................... 163 179 Environment protection notice may permit certain acts or omissions..................................................................................... 164 180 Effect of environment protection notice on need for statutory authorisation ................................................................................ 164 181 Notice to prescribed statutory decision-maker of proposed notice ........................................................................................... 165 182 Emergency environment protection notice issued by CEO .......... 165 182A Further power of CEO to issue emergency environment protection notice .......................................................................... 167 183 Emergency environment protection notice issued by environmental officer ................................................................... 168 184 Variation or revocation of environment protection notice ............. 168 185 Copy of environment protection notice may be lodged with Registrar-General ........................................................................ 168 186 Recorded notice applies to owners and occupiers of land ........... 169 187 Notice to owners and occupiers of land ....................................... 169 188 Notice by owner or occupier to CEO ........................................... 169 189 Offence to contravene notice requirement ................................... 170 190 Cancellation of recording of environment protection notice ......... 170 191 Contravention of environment protection notice – environmental offences ............................................................... 171 192 Obstruct compliance with notice – environmental offence ........... 172 192A Application ................................................................................... 172 192B Power to enter land ..................................................................... 173 192C Notice to CEO.............................................................................. 174 192D Powers on entry........................................................................... 174 Environment Protection Act 2019 xiii 192E Duties on entry ............................................................................ 175 192F Recovery of costs ........................................................................ 175 192G Offence to obstruct ...................................................................... 176 192H Offence to fail to give notice ........................................................ 176 192J Offence to fail to comply with duty on entry ................................. 176 192K Purpose of Division ...................................................................... 177 192L Definitions .................................................................................... 177 192M Meaning of related person of high risk entity ............................... 178 192N Relevant connection to high risk entity ........................................ 180 Subdivision 2 Redirection to related persons by issue of compliance notices 192P Purpose of Subdivision ................................................................ 182 192Q Matters to be considered in deciding to issue compliance notice to related person ............................................................... 182 192R Issue of compliance notice to related person of high risk entity issued with notice ........................................................................ 183 192S Issue of compliance notice to related person of high risk entity not issued with notice .................................................................. 184 192T Issue of compliance notice after compliance notice issued to related person of high risk entity .................................................. 185 192U Issue of compliance notice to previous owner or occupier of land .............................................................................................. 186 192V Provisions applying to issue of compliance notice ....................... 187 192W Joint and several liability for compliance ..................................... 187 192X Enforcement of compliance by high risk entity not affected ......... 187 Subdivision 3 Corporations legislation displacement and excluded matter 192Y Declarations under section 5F of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ............................................................................................ 188 192Z Declarations under section 5G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ............................................................................................ 188 193 Purpose of stop work notice ........................................................ 189 194 NT EPA may issue stop work notice ............................................ 189 195 Requirements of stop work notice ............................................... 190 196 Stop work notice where proponent contravenes call-in notice ..... 190 197 Stop work notice may be issued even if other statutory authorisation issued..................................................................... 191 Environment Protection Act 2019 xiv 198 Contravention of stop work notice – environmental offences....... 191 199 Monitoring and management notice – environmental approval ... 192 199A Monitoring and management notice – protected environmental area or prohibited action .............................................................. 192 199AB Monitoring and management notice – environmental (mining) licence ......................................................................................... 193 199B Monitoring and management notice – form and giving of notice.. 194 200 Contents of monitoring and management notice ......................... 194 201 Effect of monitoring and management notice .............................. 195 202 Copy of monitoring and management notice may be lodged with Registrar-General ................................................................. 195 203 Recorded notice applies to owners and occupiers of land ........... 196 204 Notice to owners and occupiers of land ....................................... 196 205 Notice by owner or occupier to CEO ........................................... 196 206 Offence to contravene notice requirement ................................... 197 207 Cancellation of recording of monitoring and management notice ........................................................................................... 197 208 Contravention of monitoring and management notice – environmental offence ................................................................. 198 209 Obstruct compliance with monitoring and management notice – environmental offence .................................................... 198 210 Monitoring and management notice not complied with ................ 198 Subdivision 1 Closure certificates – environmental 210A Application of Subdivision ............................................................ 199 211 Criteria for action closure certificate ............................................ 199 212 Application for action closure certificate ...................................... 199 213 Issue of action closure certificate................................................. 200 214 Effect of action closure certificate ................................................ 200 214A Application of Subdivision ............................................................ 200 214B Criteria for mining closure certificate ........................................... 200 214C Application for mining closure certificate ..................................... 201 214D Issue of mining closure certificate................................................ 201 214E Effect of mining closure certificate ............................................... 202 214F Definition specified person........................................................... 203 215 CEO may accept enforceable undertaking .................................. 203 Environment Protection Act 2019 xv 216 Enforcement orders ..................................................................... 203 217 CEO may do specified acts or things........................................... 204 218 Withdrawal or variation of enforceable undertaking ..................... 205 219 Withdrawal of acceptance by CEO of enforceable undertaking ... 206 220 No criminal proceedings while enforceable undertaking is in force ............................................................................................ 206 221 Proceedings following revocation of enforceable undertaking ..... 206 222 No further proceedings if enforceable undertaking complied with .............................................................................................. 206 223 Emergency authorisations ........................................................... 207 224 Definitions .................................................................................... 208 225 Duty to notify CEO of notifiable incidents .................................... 209 226 Manner and form of notice ........................................................... 209 227 Notifiable incidents not required to be reported ........................... 209 228 Failure to notify notifiable incident – environmental offences....... 210 228A Offence to interfere with place of notifiable incident .................... 211 229 Incriminating information.............................................................. 211 229A Record of notifiable incidents....................................................... 212 229B Report of notifiable incidents ....................................................... 212 229C Record of recordable incidents .................................................... 212 229D Report of recordable incidents ..................................................... 213 229E Failure to keep required record.................................................... 213 229F Contravention of direction – environmental offence..................... 213 230 Who may bring proceeding .......................................................... 214 231 Prohibitory injunctions ................................................................. 214 232 Mandatory injunctions .................................................................. 214 233 Interim injunctions........................................................................ 214 234 Certain considerations for granting injunctions not relevant ........ 215 235 Discharge of injunctions .............................................................. 215 236 Other orders ................................................................................ 215 Environment Protection Act 2019 xvi 237 Court may vary or revoke order ................................................... 216 238 Security and undertakings ........................................................... 216 239 Orders as to costs ....................................................................... 216 240 Orders as to damages on application of respondent ................... 217 241 Time for commencing proceedings under this Division ............... 217 242 Powers conferred are in addition to other powers of court .......... 218 Division 2 Civil penalty orders, other civil orders and directions 243 Purpose of Division ...................................................................... 218 244 CEO may give certain directions ................................................. 218 244A Contravention of direction – environmental offence..................... 218 245 Application for civil orders ............................................................ 219 246 CEO to consider certain matters.................................................. 219 247 Notice of proposed application to court ....................................... 219 248 Civil orders................................................................................... 220 249 Court to consider certain matters................................................. 220 250 Civil orders under section 248(1)(b) ............................................ 220 251 CEO may take measures if order not complied with .................... 221 252 Jurisdiction is civil jurisdiction ...................................................... 222 253 Contravention of 2 or more provisions ......................................... 222 254 Proceeding to be stayed if criminal proceedings commenced ..... 222 255 Evidence not admissible in criminal proceedings ........................ 222 256 Orders as to costs ....................................................................... 223 257 Recovery of amounts ordered to be paid to Territory .................. 223 258 Time for bringing proceedings under this Division ....................... 223 259 Civil proceedings not to affect environment protection notices .... 223 Part 11 Offences, penalties and criminal proceedings 259A Offence to cause environmental harm – environmental offences ....................................................................................... 223 260 Offence to provide false or misleading information ...................... 225 261 Contravention of court order under section 216 or 236 – environmental offence ................................................................. 226 262 Continuing offences ..................................................................... 227 263 Liability of occupier ...................................................................... 228 264 Liability of owner .......................................................................... 228 264A Liability of title holder or mining operator of mining site ............... 229 265 Criminal liability of executive officer of body corporate ................ 229 266 Liability of partners and unincorporated associations .................. 231 267 Liability for employees and agents .............................................. 231 Environment Protection Act 2019 xvii 268 Court may order reimbursement of investigation costs................ 232 269 Alternative verdicts ...................................................................... 232 270 Principles to be applied in imposing penalty for specified environmental offences ............................................................... 235 271 Additional court orders where specified environmental offence proved ......................................................................................... 235 272 CEO may take measures if order not complied with .................... 236 273 Who can commence proceedings ............................................... 237 274 Time for commencing prosecution............................................... 237 274A Notice of defence must be given ................................................. 237 274B Statements of fact........................................................................ 237 274C Reports of analysis ...................................................................... 239 275 Enforcement agency for Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 ...................................................................................... 240 276 Standing for judicial review .......................................................... 240 277 Review by NTCAT ....................................................................... 241 Division 1 Delegation 278 Delegation by Minister ................................................................. 241 279 Delegation by CEO ...................................................................... 241 280 Service......................................................................................... 241 280A Protection from liability ................................................................ 242 281 Confidential information ............................................................... 243 282 Decision of Minister or NT EPA ................................................... 244 283 Effect of decision ......................................................................... 245 Environment Protection Act 2019 xviii Division 3A Independent preparation or review of information 283A Application of Division ................................................................. 245 283B Independent review of information............................................... 245 283C Offence relating to conflict of interest .......................................... 245 283D Authorisation of conduct despite conflict ..................................... 246 283E Nature of conflict of interest ......................................................... 246 283F Qualified person may direct information to be provided ............... 247 283G Declarations in relation to information prepared or reviewed by qualified person ........................................................................... 247 283H Contravention of direction to provide relevant information – environmental offences ............................................................... 248 283J Offence if false or misleading information in report or missing information ................................................................................... 249 284 Public register .............................................................................. 249 Division 4A Failure by decision-maker to meet specified time or publish decision or statement of reasons 284A Failure of decision-maker to make decision or do thing within specified time............................................................................... 250 284B Failure to publish decision or statement of reasons..................... 250 285 Direction notice ............................................................................ 250 286 Methodologies ............................................................................. 251 287 Proponent or approval holder to provide information ................... 251 288 Proponent or approval holder may seek exemption .................... 252 289 Publication of information ............................................................ 252 Division 6 Report by CEO 290 CEO to report on enforcement and compliance........................... 252 291 Guidance documents................................................................... 252 292 Approved forms ........................................................................... 253 Division 7A Analysts 292A Meaning of analyst ...................................................................... 253 Environment Protection Act 2019 xix 293 Regulations.................................................................................. 253 Division 1 Acts repealed 294 Acts repealed............................................................................... 254 295 Definitions .................................................................................... 254 296 Saving of existing assessments commenced but not completed .................................................................................... 255 297 Termination of assessment under former Act .............................. 256 298 Environmental audit ..................................................................... 256 299 Assessment report....................................................................... 256 300 Assessment report completed under former Act before commencement ........................................................................... 257 300A Assessment report completed under former Act and action commenced before commencement ........................................... 257 301 Assessment report completed under former Act after commencement ........................................................................... 257 301A Assessment report completed under former Act before, and action commenced after, commencement ................................... 258 302 Process for environmental approval ............................................ 258 Part 15 Transitional matters for Environment Protection Legislation Amendment Act 2023 303 Definitions .................................................................................... 259 304 Existing mining authorisation and existing mining management plan taken to be environmental (mining) licence.......................... 260 305 Duration of deemed mining licence ............................................. 260 306 Prohibition of variation of deemed mining licence........................ 260 307 Prohibition of transfer of deemed mining licence ......................... 261 308 Pending applications for Authorisation ........................................ 261 309 Existing security........................................................................... 262 310 Publication of deemed mining licences........................................ 262 311 Cancellation of deemed mining licence ....................................... 263 Environment Protection Act 2019 xx 312 Replacement of deemed mining licence ...................................... 264 313 Grant of replacement environmental (mining) licence ................. 264 314 Amendment of conditions for replacement environmental (mining) licence ........................................................................... 265 Division 3 Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 315 Compliance plans approved before commencement................... 266 316 Performance agreements ............................................................ 266 317 Pollution abatement notice .......................................................... 267 318 Written notice by Controller of Water Resources in relation to environmental matter ................................................................... 267 319 Saving of existing waste discharge licences under section 74 .... 268 Schedule Reviewable decisions and affected persons ____________________ As in force at 10 February 2026 ____________________ ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2019 An Act to provide for the protection of the environment and for related purposes