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Planning Act 2016
sec.173Enforcement authority may remedy contravention
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### sec.173 Enforcement authority may remedy contravention
This section applies if an enforcement notice is contravened and the enforcement authority is not a local government.
If the enforcement authority is a local government, see the Local Government Act , section 142 or the City of Brisbane Act , section 132 .
The enforcement authority may—
do anything reasonably necessary to ensure the notice is complied with; and
recover any reasonable costs and expenses incurred in doing so as a debt owing by the recipient to the authority.
(sec.173-ssec.1) This section applies if an enforcement notice is contravened and the enforcement authority is not a local government. If the enforcement authority is a local government, see the Local Government Act , section 142 or the City of Brisbane Act , section 132 .
(sec.173-ssec.2) The enforcement authority may— do anything reasonably necessary to ensure the notice is complied with; and recover any reasonable costs and expenses incurred in doing so as a debt owing by the recipient to the authority.
- (a) do anything reasonably necessary to ensure the notice is complied with; and
- (b) recover any reasonable costs and expenses incurred in doing so as a debt owing by the recipient to the authority.