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← Environmental Public Health Act 1987

Environmental Public Health Act 1987 s 21C

s 21C Breach of corrective work order

21C.—(1) If, at any time while a corrective work order is in force in respect of an offender, it appears to the Court on the application of the Director‑General that the offender has failed to comply with any of the requirements of section 21B or any regulations made under that section (including any failure to perform satisfactorily the work which the offender has been instructed to do), the Court may —(a) issue a summons requiring the offender to appear before the Court at the place and time specified in the summons; or (b) issue a warrant for the arrest of the offender. (2) If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that the offender has, without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with any of the requirements of section 21B or any regulations made under that section, the Court may, without prejudice to the continuance of the corrective work order, order the offender to pay a fine not exceeding $5,000 or may commit the offender to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 months. (3) A fine or term of imprisonment imposed under this section is deemed to be a fine imposed or a sentence of imprisonment passed on conviction.

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