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200 Fee

(1) The purpose of this section is to enable the Minister to recover the administrative costs of preparing and giving marine pollution prevention notices.

(2) A person who is given a marine pollution prevention notice by the Minister must within 30 days pay the fee prescribed by the regulations to the Minister.

(3) 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.

(4) A fee is not payable for the variation of a marine pollution prevention notice.

(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.