Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if an amount is paid out of an environment protection fund to undertake:
(a) actions in the event of an environmental emergency; or
(b) works for the remediation of environmental harm; or
(c) works for the rehabilitation of the environment; or
(d) works for the protection of the environment.
(2) The CEO may recover the amount expended from the environment protection fund from the person who was responsible for:
(a) the environmental emergency; or
(b) the environmental harm that required the remediation works; or
(c) the need for the rehabilitation works; or
(d) the action that resulted in the need for environment protection.
(3) The amount may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Territory.
(4) Any amount recovered under this section must be paid into the environment protection fund from which the expenditure was made.