84Fee for catchment protection notice

84 Fee for catchment protection notice

84 Fee for catchment protection notice

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

(2) A person who is given a catchment protection notice 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 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) The fee is not payable during the currency of an appeal against the catchment protection notice.

(5) If the decision of the Land and Environment Court on an appeal does not invalidate the catchment protection notice, the fee is payable within 30 days of the decision.

(6) 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.