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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.488Administering authority to reimburse costs and expenses incurred
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### sec.488 Administering authority to reimburse costs and expenses incurred
If a person incurs costs and expenses in complying with a direction under section 467 (1) (a) , the administering authority must reimburse the person’s reasonable costs and expenses.
Subsection (1) does not apply to the person who caused or allowed the relevant emergency to happen or, in the case of a contamination incident, a prescribed person for the incident.
s 488 amd 2008 No. 52 s 52 ; 2012 No. 43 s 325 sch 2
(sec.488-ssec.1) If a person incurs costs and expenses in complying with a direction under section 467 (1) (a) , the administering authority must reimburse the person’s reasonable costs and expenses.
(sec.488-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the person who caused or allowed the relevant emergency to happen or, in the case of a contamination incident, a prescribed person for the incident.