Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act 2016
70Direction to stop contravening Act etc
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70 Direction to stop contravening Act etc (1) This section applies if the waste manager believes on reasonable grounds that a person is— (a) contravening this Act; or (b) contravening a condition of a licence; or (c) contravening a condition of registration as a waste transporter; or (d) failing to comply with a requirement of a scheme administration (2) The waste manager may direct the person to comply with this Act, or the condition or requirement by doing, or not doing, a thing (a compliance direction). (3) A compliance direction may require the person to carry out remedial action if the waste manager considers the action is necessary to restore land that is damaged because of the person’s contravention. (4) A compliance direction must be in writing and state— (a) the thing required to be done, or not done; and (b) the period for compliance with the direction.
Directions Division 13.1