Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 157B

157B Power to give enforcement notice

(1) This section applies if the Coordinator-General reasonably believes a person has contravened, or is contravening, an enforceable condition.

(2) The Coordinator-General may give the person a written notice (an
"enforcement notice" ) requiring the person to—

(a) comply with the condition; or

(b) take stated steps the Coordinator-General considers are reasonably necessary to ensure compliance with the condition.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2) (b) , an enforcement notice may—

(a) require the recipient to not start, or stop, a stated activity indefinitely, for a stated period or until further notice from the Coordinator-General; or

(b) require the recipient to carry out a stated activity only during stated times or subject to stated conditions; or

(c) require the recipient to take stated action within a stated period.

(4) An enforcement notice may also require the recipient to notify the Coordinator-General when the recipient has complied with the notice.

(5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that this section does not—

(a) affect a power under another Act to enforce a condition; or

(b) prevent the bringing of a proceeding for an offence against another Act.

Note—

See, however, the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 45 (Offence punishable only once).