Western Australian Current Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 73B

73B .         Breach of notice issued under s. 65, 70 or 73A, damages for

        (1)         In this section —

        notice means —

            (a)         an environmental protection notice; or

            (b)         a vegetation conservation notice; or

            (c)         a prevention notice.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         a person bound by a notice fails to comply with it; and

            (b)         damage is caused to property not owned or occupied by the person; and

            (c)         that damage would not have been caused if the notice had been complied with,

                then, by reason of the person’s failure to comply, the owner or occupier of the damaged property has a right of action in tort against the person in respect of the damage.

        [Section 73B inserted: No. 54 of 2003 s. 52.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 54 of 2003 s. 53.]