94MRecall cost notices

94M Recall cost notices

94M Recall cost notices

(1) The EPA or a public authority may, by written notice (a recall cost notice) published on the EPA’s website, require the supply chain participant to whom a recall notice is given to pay all or any reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the EPA or public authority in connection with—

(a) taking action or monitoring under the recall notice, and

(b) ensuring 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 and expenses incurred by the EPA 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 matter before the recall cost notice was given.

(2) If the EPA or a public authority takes action under subsection (1), the EPA or public authority may, by written notice given to the supply chain participant to whom the recall notice was given, require the participant to pay all or any reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the EPA or public authority in taking the action.

s 94M: Ins 2024 No 20, Sch 9[18]. Am 2025 No 58, Sch 9[33]–[35].