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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2019 (NO 31 OF 2019) - SECT 248

Civil orders

    (1)     On the application of the CEO, the court may make the following orders against a person if the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the person has contravened a provision of this Act that is an offence of strict liability:

    (a)     an order that the person pay to the Territory a pecuniary amount as a civil penalty (a civil penalty order );

    (b)     an order mentioned in section 250 ;

    (c)     any other order that the court considers appropriate.

    (2)     The amount of a civil penalty ordered under this section to be paid in relation to a contravention of a provision that is an offence of strict liability must not exceed the amount specified by this Act as the maximum penalty for the offence.



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