80Fee for catchment correction notice

80 Fee for catchment correction notice

80 Fee for catchment correction notice

(1) The purpose of this section is to enable the Regulatory Authority to recover the administrative costs of preparing and giving catchment correction notices.

(2) A person who is given a catchment correction notice under section 77 must, within 30 days after the notice is given, pay the fee prescribed under section 94 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 to the Regulatory Authority.

(3) The Regulatory Authority may—

(a) extend the time for payment of the fee, on the application of the person given the catchment correction notice, or

(b) waive payment of the whole or any part of the fee, on the Regulatory Authority’s own initiative or on the application of the person.

(4) A person who does not pay the fee within the time required under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.