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Navigation Act 2012
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#### 265 Inspector may give improvement notices
(1) If an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a person:
(a) is contravening a provision of this Act; or
(b) has contravened a provision of this Act and is likely to contravene that provision again;
the inspector may give a notice (an improvement notice), in writing, to the person.
(2) The improvement notice must:
(a) specify the contravention of this Act that the inspector believes is occurring or is likely to occur; and
(b) set out the reasons for that belief; and
(c) specify a period within which the person is to take the action necessary to prevent any further contravention, or to prevent the likely contravention, as the case may be.
(3) The period specified in the improvement notice must be reasonable.
(4) The improvement notice may specify action that the person is to take during the period specified in the notice.
(5) Before the end of the specified period, the inspector may extend that period in writing.