27Fee

#### 27 Fee 27 Fee > > (1) The purpose of this section is to enable the Environment Protection Authority to recover the administrative costs of preparing and giving prevention notices. > > > (2) A person who is given a prevention notice by the Environment Protection Authority must within 30 days pay the prescribed fee (if any) to the Authority. > > > (2A) No fee is payable in relation to the revocation or variation of a prevention notice. > > > (3) The Environment Protection Authority may, on the application of a person to whom subsection (2) applies, extend the time for payment of the fee. > > > (3A) The Environment Protection Authority may waive payment of the whole or any part of the fee. > > > (4) The fee is not payable during the currency of an appeal against the prevention notice. > > > (5) If the decision of the Land and Environment Court on an appeal does not invalidate the prevention notice, the fee is payable within 30 days of the decision. > > > (6) A person who does not pay the fee within the time provided under this section is guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty—$20,000. > > **s 27:** Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.37 \[2\]; 2009 No 56, Sch 1.29 \[2\].