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National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
91KDirections for remedial work relating to damage to land, habitat and plants and animals
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#### 91K Directions for remedial work relating to damage to land, habitat and plants and animals
91K Directions for remedial work relating to damage to land, habitat and plants and animals
> > (1) The Secretary may, by notice in writing, direct a person to carry out specified remediation work in a specified manner and within a specified time, if the Secretary is satisfied that—
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> > > (a) any land reserved under this Act or acquired under Part 11, or
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> > > (b) any critical habitat, or habitat of threatened species, an endangered population or an endangered ecological community, or
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> > > (c) any plant or animal that is of, or is part of, a threatened species, an endangered population or an endangered ecological community,
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> > has been damaged in or as a result of the commission of an offence under this Act (whether or not any person has been proceeded against or convicted for the offence).
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> > (2) The specified remediation work to be carried out by a person may include one or more of the following types of work—
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> > > (a) work to control, abate or mitigate the damage to the land, habitat, plant or animal concerned,
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> > > (b) work to maintain, remediate or restore the damaged land, habitat, plant or animal concerned (including replacing removed or dead plants or animals).
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> > (3) A direction under this section may be varied or revoked by a further notice in writing.
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> **ss 91J–91P:** Ins 2010 No 38, Sch 1 \[41\].