(a)
order the offender not to use a particular pesticide or a pesticide of a
particular class,
(b) order the offender to take specified action to
publicise 1 or more of the following--
(i) the offence, including the
circumstances of the offence,
(ii) the environmental and other consequences
of the offence,
(iii) any other orders made against the person in relation to
the offence,
(c) order the offender to take specified action to notify
specified persons, or specified classes of persons of 1 or more of the
following--
(i) the offence, including the circumstances of the offence,
(ii)
the environmental and other consequences of the offence,
(iii) orders made
against the person in relation to the offence,
Examples of specified action
to notify specified persons--: Publishing of the information in an annual
report or other notice to the shareholders of a company, or giving written
notice to persons aggrieved or affected by the offender's conduct.
(d) order
the offender to carry out a specified project for the restoration or
enhancement of the environment in a public place or for the public benefit,
(e) order the offender to carry out a specified environmental audit of
activities carried on by the offender,
(f) order the offender to pay a
specified amount to the Environmental Trust established under the
Environmental Trust Act 1998 , or a specified organisation, for--
(i) the
purposes of a specified project for the restoration or enhancement of the
environment, or
(ii) general environmental purposes,
(g) order the offender
to attend, or to cause employees or contractors of the offender to attend, a
training or other course specified by the court,
(h) order the offender to
establish, for employees or contractors of the offender, a training course of
a kind specified by the court,
(i) if the Environment Protection Authority is
a party to the proceedings and the court orders the offender to carry out a
specified work or program for the restoration or enhancement of the
environment--order the offender to provide a financial assurance, of a form
and amount specified by the court, to the Environment Protection Authority.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1)(d), the court may order the offender to
carry out a social or community activity for the benefit of the community or
persons that are adversely affected by the offence (a
"restorative justice activity" ) that the offender has agreed to carry out.
(3) The Local Court is not authorised to make an order referred to in
subsection (1)(d), (e), (f) or (i) or (2).
(4) The court may, in an order
under this section--
(a) fix a period for compliance with the requirements
under the order, and
(b) impose other requirements the court considers
necessary or expedient for enforcement of the order.
(5) If the offender
fails to comply with an order under subsection (1)(b) or (c), the prosecutor,
or a person authorised by the prosecutor, may take action to carry out the
order as far as practicable, including action to publicise or notify--
(a) the
original contravention, the environmental and other consequences of the
contravention, and any other penalties imposed on the offender, and
(b) the
failure of the offender to comply with the order.
(6) The reasonable cost of
taking action referred to in subsection (5) is recoverable by the prosecutor
or person taking the action, in a court of competent jurisdiction, as a debt
from the offender.
