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WASTE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL ACT - SECT 79

Contents of pollution abatement notices

79. Contents of pollution abatement notices

(1) A pollution abatement notice may require a person, within a specified time -

(a) to comply with a code of practice or to otherwise comply with the general environmental duty specified in section 12;

(b) to comply with a requirement of a provision of this Act, other than such a provision that the person is not required to comply with under a compliance plan;

(c) to prevent an action occurring or continuing to occur, where that action has caused, is causing or may cause pollution resulting in environmental harm; or

(d) to take remedial action to return polluted land as far as possible to a specified condition that the Minister thinks appropriate for the protection of the environment or the use of the land.

(2) A pollution abatement notice may require a person -

(a) to perform an action that is not otherwise permitted to be performed by or under this Act; or

(b) to cease to perform an action that the person is otherwise required to perform by or under this Act.



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