sec.71Chief executive may take steps to prevent or deal with contravention

### sec.71 Chief executive may take steps to prevent or deal with contravention The chief executive may take reasonable and necessary steps to prevent, or protect the public from the consequences of, a person’s contravention of section 70 . If the chief executive takes steps under subsection (1) , because a person contravenes or attempts to contravene section 70 , the chief executive may recover from the person as a debt the reasonable costs of taking the steps. s 71 sub 2000 No. 6 s 17 (sec.71-ssec.1) The chief executive may take reasonable and necessary steps to prevent, or protect the public from the consequences of, a person’s contravention of section 70 . (sec.71-ssec.2) If the chief executive takes steps under subsection (1) , because a person contravenes or attempts to contravene section 70 , the chief executive may recover from the person as a debt the reasonable costs of taking the steps.