Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 362

362 When environmental enforcement order may be issued

(1) The administering authority may issue an order (an
"environmental enforcement order" ) to a person if the authority believes an enforcement ground exists for the person.

(2) Also, the administering authority may issue an environmental enforcement order to a person—

(a) whom the authority believes to be a prescribed person for a contamination incident; or

(b) in the circumstances stated in division 4.

(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the administering authority may issue an environmental enforcement order to a person in relation to an activity even if the person is the holder of an environmental authority that authorises, or purportedly authorises, the activity.