Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993
65DRequirements of enforcement notices
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65D Requirements of enforcement notices
[Section 65D of Part 4 Inserted by No. 59 of 2013, s. 33, Applied:01 Feb 2015]
(1) An enforcement notice that is served on a person under section 65C may require the person to do any one or more of the following:
(a) not to commit, or to cease to commit, the offence to which the notice relates;
(b) to take the action, specified in the notice, to remedy the consequences of the commission of the offence;
(c) to take all reasonable steps to ensure that a permit, or a planning compliance certificate, in relation to the land to which the notice relates is granted under this Act.
(2) Without limiting the generality of the requirements that, under subsection (1) , may be imposed on a person by an enforcement notice, an enforcement notice may contain one or more of the following requirements:
(a) that the person stop carrying out development of the kind specified in the notice;
(b) that the person stop carrying out a use of land that is specified in the notice;
(c) that the person demolish or remove a building or other structure, or any works carried out, on land owned or occupied by the person;
(d) that the person restore, so far as reasonably practicable, land, or a building or structure on land, to the condition it was in before development was carried out by the person;
(e) [Section 65D Subsection (2) amended by No. 47 of 2015, s. 31, Applied:17 Dec 2015] [Section 65D Subsection (2) amended by No. 47 of 2015, s. 31, Applied:17 Dec 2015] [Section 65D Subsection (2) amended by No. 21 of 2020, s. 14, Applied:28 Oct 2020] that the person do, or not do, an act, so as to ensure that development carried out by the person on land is in accordance with a State Policy, permit, major project permit or planning scheme, that applies to the land.