sec.467Chief executive or regulator may take action and recover costs

### sec.467 Chief executive or regulator may take action and recover costs If a person to whom a compliance notice is given contravenes the notice by not doing something, the chief executive or regulator may do the thing. Subsection (3) applies if— under section 359 (2) , a notice is taken to be a compliance notice; and the person to whom the notice is given has not complied with the notice by the day stated in the notice. The chief executive may, instead of doing the thing under subsection (1) , take any action the chief executive reasonably believes is necessary to prevent or minimise the impact of the failure of the dam. If the chief executive or regulator incurs expense in doing a thing under subsection (1) or (3) , the chief executive or regulator must give the person a notice stating the amount of the expense incurred. Any reasonable expenses incurred by the chief executive or regulator in doing anything under subsection (1) or (3) may be recovered by the chief executive or regulator as a debt. A debt under subsection (5) bears interest at the rate stated in a regulation. (sec.467-ssec.1) If a person to whom a compliance notice is given contravenes the notice by not doing something, the chief executive or regulator may do the thing. (sec.467-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if— under section 359 (2) , a notice is taken to be a compliance notice; and the person to whom the notice is given has not complied with the notice by the day stated in the notice. (sec.467-ssec.3) The chief executive may, instead of doing the thing under subsection (1) , take any action the chief executive reasonably believes is necessary to prevent or minimise the impact of the failure of the dam. (sec.467-ssec.4) If the chief executive or regulator incurs expense in doing a thing under subsection (1) or (3) , the chief executive or regulator must give the person a notice stating the amount of the expense incurred. (sec.467-ssec.5) Any reasonable expenses incurred by the chief executive or regulator in doing anything under subsection (1) or (3) may be recovered by the chief executive or regulator as a debt. (sec.467-ssec.6) A debt under subsection (5) bears interest at the rate stated in a regulation. - (a) under section 359 (2) , a notice is taken to be a compliance notice; and - (b) the person to whom the notice is given has not complied with the notice by the day stated in the notice.