Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Environment Protection Act 1970 - SECT 28

Orders to public authorities etc. to curtail services etc.

28. Orders to public authorities etc. to curtail services etc.



(1) The Authority may by notice in writing order any municipal council or any
body established under any Act for a public purpose which has contravened any
of the conditions to which a licence issued to it under this Act is subject-

   (a)  to make no further connexions to or arrange no new collections for its
        waste collection and treatment system; or

   (b)  to refrain from issuing further building permits which would result in
        additions to the waste discharge or the waste treatment loading until
        its waste discharge is brought into compliance with the conditions of
        its licence.

(2) Upon the recommendation of the Secretary to the Department of Human
Services that a waste discharge is or is likely to become a danger to public
health the Authority shall by notice in writing order the person discharging
the waste to cease discharging the waste or to alter the constituency or
volume of the discharge (as the case requires).

(3) The Authority may by notice in writing to any body having jurisdiction and
control over a drainage system define the extent to which the drainage system
is required to be licensed under this Act.

(4) A notice under the foregoing provisions of this section addressed to a
municipal council or to a body established under any Act for a public purpose
shall bind all staff of the municipal council or officers of the body who
shall comply with the requirements of the notice.

(5) The Authority may assign to a body or bodies having jurisdiction over a
drain or drainage system duties with respect to the management and control of
discharges into such drain or drainage system and may delegate to such body or
bodies such powers duties and functions of the Authority (including its powers
under this section) as the Authority considers necessary in that behalf.