280Recovery of costs

280 Recovery of costs (1) The CEO may recover from the proponent or the approval holder (as the case requires): (a) the costs of the engagement by the NT EPA of a person or body under regulation 86 to give advice in relation to an environmental impact assessment process; and (b) the costs of an inquiry panel in relation to an environmental impact assessment process; and (c) any other costs (including notification and publication costs) incurred by the NT EPA for and during an environmental impact assessment process. (2) The CEO may recover the costs as a debt payable to the Territory. (3) The NT EPA may suspend an environmental impact assessment process under these Regulations during any period that an amount due under subregulation (1) in relation to that assessment remains unpaid. (4) The required period for the NT EPA to take any step during an environmental impact assessment process ceases to run during a suspension under subregulation (3). (5) The NT EPA must recommence the environmental impact assessment process, suspended under subregulation (3), within 2 business days after the amount due under subregulation (1) is paid.

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