282IPower of Minister to make restoration order

#### 282I Power of Minister to make restoration order 282I Power of Minister to make restoration order > > (1) If the Minister is satisfied that a person has contravened this Act and, as a result of the contravention, caused damage to any fishery resource, the Minister may, by order in writing given to the person, require the person to carry out, within a period specified in the order, such actions as the Minister reasonably considers to be necessary to mitigate or rectify the damage. > > > (2) The Minister may make an order against a person under this section only if satisfied that the person’s contravention of this Act amounted to a serious fisheries offence. > > > (3) However, the Minister may make the order regardless of whether the person has been charged with, or found guilty of, having committed a serious fisheries offence. > > > (4) If the requirements of an order under this section are not complied with within the period specified in it, the Minister— > > > > > (a) may cause the actions specified in the order to be carried out, and > > > > > (b) may, by proceedings brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, recover as a debt from the person against whom the order was made the reasonable costs of carrying out the actions specified in the order. > > > (5) A person against whom an order is made may appeal to the Local Court against the making of the order within 30 days after the order is given to the person. > > > (6) The Local Court may determine the appeal by confirming the order, revoking the order or revoking the order and making a new order. > > **s 282I:** Ins 2009 No 114, Sch 1 \[137\]. Am 2010 No 59, Sch 2.33 \[5\] \[7\].