34Effect of orders

34 Effect of orders

(1)  An order made for the purposes of this Act in relation to an application is only binding on a person who was a party to the proceedings in relation to the application.

(2)  Despite subsection (1) , if a purchaser of land is, under section 16(1) , given by the owner of the land a copy of an order made for the purposes of this Act, the purchaser becomes, on the day on which settlement of the sale of the land to the purchaser occurs, bound by the order as if –

(a) the purchaser were the person to whom the order applied; and

(b) any period, specified in the order, for carrying out the order began on that day –

but only to the extent that the owner of the land has not, before that day, carried out the work to which the order relates.

(3)  The Appeal Tribunal, within 14 days after making an order for the purposes of this Act, is to give a copy of the order to –

(a) the council, if any, in relation to the land on which is situated the plant to which the order relates; and

(b) any other government body or party who appeared in the proceedings to which the order relates.

(4)  [Section 34 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 29 of 2020, s. 7, Applied:17 Nov 2020] A person must not fail to comply with an order made by the Appeal Tribunal for the purposes of this Act.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.