22Authorised officer may give directions

22 Authorised officer may give directions

(1)  [Section 22 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 44 of 2007, s. 17, Applied:13 Nov 2007] As a result of or during an inspection under section 20 , an authorised officer may give written directions to any one or more of the following persons:

(a) a permit holder;

(b) an affected person;

(c) an exempt person;

(d) a person apparently employed by the permit holder, affected person or exempt person;

(e) a person who is apparently in charge of the premises or area inspected or being inspected;

(f) a person apparently employed in those premises or that area.

(2)  [Section 22 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 44 of 2007, s. 17, Applied:13 Nov 2007] Without limiting the directions that may be given under subsection (1) , those directions may include directions requiring the person to whom they are given to take any actions or measures to ensure that a contravention of this Act or a condition to which the permit or exemption is subject does not, or does not continue, to occur.

(3)  A person given a direction under subsection (1) must comply with the direction.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units.

(4)  [Section 22 Subsection (4) amended by No. 44 of 2007, s. 17, Applied:13 Nov 2007] On convicting a person of an offence under subsection (3) , in addition to or in instead of imposing a penalty the court may order that person to comply with the direction in respect of which the offence was committed.

(5)  [Section 22 Subsection (5) inserted by No. 44 of 2007, s. 17, Applied:13 Nov 2007] If –

(a) an authorised officer has given a direction under subsection (1) in respect of a GMO, a thing containing a GMO or a thing that the officer reasonably believes may contain a GMO; and