Environmental Offsets Act 2014
sec.39Taking action
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sec.39 Taking action
If a local government or the chief executive gives a person a compliance notice and the person contravenes it by not doing something, the local government or chief executive (the entity ) may do the thing. Any reasonable costs or expenses incurred by the entity in doing anything under subsection (1) may be recovered by it as a debt owing to it by the person given the compliance notice. (sec.39-ssec.1) If a local government or the chief executive gives a person a compliance notice and the person contravenes it by not doing something, the local government or chief executive (the entity ) may do the thing. (sec.39-ssec.2) Any reasonable costs or expenses incurred by the entity in doing anything under subsection (1) may be recovered by it as a debt owing to it by the person given the compliance notice.