Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Compensation, Damages, Fees, Costs and Expenses
92. Recovery of costs and expenses payable by owners
Feedback & supportIf any sum payable by or recoverable from the owner or occupier in respect of costs and expenses incurred by the Agency in the execution of any work which is, under this Act, recoverable from the owner or occupier of any premises is not paid by the owner or occupier within 14 days after demand that sum may be reported to a Magistrate’s Court or District Court and recovered in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by a Magistrate’s Court or District Court, as the case may be.
occupier
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises or having the charge, management or control thereof either on that person’s own account or as agent of another person; and, in relation to any part of any premises, different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
The person liable to pay any sum under subsection (1) is the owner at the time when the work was completed.
Any occupier who, when requested by or on behalf of the Director‑General to state the name of the owner of the premises, refuses or wilfully omits to disclose or wilfully misstates the name of the owner shall, unless he or she shows cause to the satisfaction of the Magistrate’s Court or the District Court for his or her refusal or misstatement, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.
premises
“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for any other purpose whatsoever;