(a) any act or thing done or
proposed to be done on or in relation to any land, or
(b) the failure to do
any act or thing on or in relation to any land,
has caused or is likely to
cause soil erosion or land degradation on that land or on other land and that
the erosion or degradation or its effects can be mitigated or avoided, the
Commissioner may by notice served on the owner or occupier of, or on the
holder or grantee of any timber rights over, the firstmentioned land require
that owner, occupier, holder or grantee, within the time specified in the
notice, to:
(c) abstain from doing, or
(d) do or permit to be done,
such acts
and things as may be specified in the notice.
(2) A notice under this section
does not have any effect in respect of land while a notice under section 18 or
22 is in force in respect of that land.
(3) Notices may, in relation to the
same area of land, be served on one or more of the persons referred to in
subsection (1).
(4) A notice may be revoked, varied or amended by a like
notice.
(5) A notice under this section may be served on a person:
(a)
personally or by post, or
(b) by email to an email address specified by the
person for the service of notices of that kind, or
(c) by any other method
authorised by the regulations for the service of notices of that kind.