28Compliance cost notices

#### 28 Compliance cost notices 28 Compliance cost notices > > (1) If the Environment Protection Authority gives a clean-up notice under section 19 to a person, the Authority may, by notice in writing, require the person to pay all or any reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Authority in connection with— > > > > > (a) monitoring action under the notice, and > > > > > (b) ensuring that the notice is complied with, and > > > > > (c) a matter associated with or incidental to a matter referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). > > > (1A) Without limiting subsection (1)(c), the costs incurred by the Environment Protection Authority in connection with a matter associated with or incidental to a matter referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) include costs and expenses incurred in connection with the clean-up notice before the notice was given. > > > (2) A public authority that takes clean-up action under section 20 may, by notice in writing, require— > > > > > (a) the person who is reasonably suspected by the public authority of having caused the pesticide pollution concerned, or > > > > > (b) the occupier of the premises at which the public authority reasonably suspects that the pesticide pollution occurred, > > > > or both, to pay all or any reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the public authority in connection with the clean-up action. > > **s 28:** Am 2025 No 58, Sch 4\[4\] \[5\].