Marine Pollution Act 2012
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195 Fee
195 Fee
(1) The purpose of this section is to enable the Minister to recover the administrative costs of preparing and giving marine pollution clean-up notices.
(2) A person who is given a marine pollution clean-up notice by the Minister must within 30 days pay the fee prescribed by the regulations to the Minister.
(3) A fee is not payable for the variation of a marine pollution clean-up notice.
(4) The Minister may—
(a) extend the time for payment of the fee, on the application of a person to whom subsection (2) applies, or
(b) waive payment of the whole or any part of the fee, on the Minister’s own initiative or on the application of a person to whom subsection (2) applies.
(5) A person who does not pay the fee within the time provided under this section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—$22,000.