BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 2016 - SECT 8.13
Compliance with approved conservation and other measures
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 2016 - SECT 8.13
Compliance with approved conservation and other measures
8.13 Compliance with approved conservation and other measures
(1) The
Minister may, by order in writing, require a party to a
biodiversity certification to rectify any failure to comply with the approved
conservation or other measures under the biodiversity certification--
(a) by
implementing any of the approved measures within a time specified in the
order, or
(b) by implementing any equivalent conservation measures within a
time specified in the order.
(2) If a party to a biodiversity certification
fails to comply with the order within the specified time, or any further time
allowed by the Minister, the Minister may, by order in writing, require the
party to pay to the Minister a specified penalty.
(3) The penalty is to be
the amount the Minister considers reasonable to cover the costs of
implementing the relevant approved measures or equivalent conservation
measures.
(4) A penalty imposed under this section may be recovered by the
Minister as a debt due to the Crown in any court of competent jurisdiction.
