(1) A person on whom an improvement notice is served must comply with the notice within the period specified in the notice unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty: In the case of an individual, $50 000;
In the case of a body corporate, $500 000.
Note
Section 284 (criminal liability of officers of bodies corporate—failure to exercise due diligence) applies to an offence against this subsection.
(2) It is not an offence to fail to comply with recommendations in an improvement notice.
S. 175 inserted by No. 63/2017 s. 18.