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Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994
56Notice of defences
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56 Notice of defences
(1) A person who intends to rely on a defence under this Act may only do so if the person gives notice in writing of that intention to the Director within 28 days after the summons to answer to the charge is served on the person.
(2) The court may, on the application of a person who intends to rely on a defence under this Act, waive the period within which notice of that intention is to be given to the Director.