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Soil Conservation Act 1938
15FCommissioner may carry out work
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#### 15F Commissioner may carry out work
15F Commissioner may carry out work
> > (1) If a person does not comply with the requirements of a notice under section 15A within the time specified in the notice (whether that person has been convicted of an offence in respect of the notice or not), the Commissioner or an officer or employee of the Service authorised by the Commissioner may, where the notice required the doing of any act or thing on any land, enter upon the land and do the act or thing.
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> > (2) Any costs incurred by the Commissioner under subsection (1) may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction from the person served with the notice as a debt due to the Crown.
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> > (3) If the person is the owner of the land on which the act or thing is done, the costs incurred shall, until paid, be a charge on the land.
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> > (4) A person who obstructs or hinders the Commissioner or an officer or employee of the Service in the exercise of powers under subsection (1) shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units.
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> **s 15F:** Ins 1985 No 201, Sch 1. Am 1989 No 236, Sch 2 (3).