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State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
sec.157LEffect of enforcement order
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### sec.157L Effect of enforcement order
An enforcement order may direct a party to the proceeding for the order—
to stop an activity that constitutes, or will constitute, a contravention of an enforceable condition; or
not to start an activity that will constitute a contravention of an enforceable condition; or
to do anything required to stop a contravention of an enforceable condition; or
to return anything to a condition as close as practicable to the condition it was in immediately before a contravention of an enforceable condition; or
to do anything about the land or activity the subject of the order to comply with an enforceable condition.
Without limiting the Planning and Environment Court’s powers, it may make an enforcement order requiring the repair, demolition or removal of a building.
An enforcement order must state the time by which it must be complied with.
An enforcement order may be in terms the court considers appropriate to ensure compliance with an enforceable condition.
s 157L ins 2008 No. 75 s 112
(sec.157L-ssec.1) An enforcement order may direct a party to the proceeding for the order— to stop an activity that constitutes, or will constitute, a contravention of an enforceable condition; or not to start an activity that will constitute a contravention of an enforceable condition; or to do anything required to stop a contravention of an enforceable condition; or to return anything to a condition as close as practicable to the condition it was in immediately before a contravention of an enforceable condition; or to do anything about the land or activity the subject of the order to comply with an enforceable condition.
(sec.157L-ssec.2) Without limiting the Planning and Environment Court’s powers, it may make an enforcement order requiring the repair, demolition or removal of a building.
(sec.157L-ssec.3) An enforcement order must state the time by which it must be complied with.
(sec.157L-ssec.4) An enforcement order may be in terms the court considers appropriate to ensure compliance with an enforceable condition.
- (a) to stop an activity that constitutes, or will constitute, a contravention of an enforceable condition; or
- (b) not to start an activity that will constitute a contravention of an enforceable condition; or
- (c) to do anything required to stop a contravention of an enforceable condition; or
- (d) to return anything to a condition as close as practicable to the condition it was in immediately before a contravention of an enforceable condition; or
- (e) to do anything about the land or activity the subject of the order to comply with an enforceable condition.