Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Regulations 1998 · 2025 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Orders by Director‑General in Relation to Hazardous and Other Wastes
30. Director‑General may take action and recover costs
Feedback & supportThe Director‑General may, instead of making an order under regulation 25, 26, 27 or 28 requiring a person to do something, arrange for the thing to be done.
If a person refuses or fails to comply with an order under regulation 25, 26, 27 or 28 requiring the person to do something, the Director‑General may —
after such refusal;
after the day specified in the order by the Director‑General for that thing to be done; or
if no date was specified in the order, a reasonable time after making the order,arrange for the thing to be done.
If the Government incurs costs because of arrangements made by the Director‑General under paragraph (1) or (2), the person is liable to pay to the Government an amount equal to the costs.
The amount referred to in paragraph (3) may be recovered by the Government as a civil debt due to the Government in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Subregulation 1
The Director‑General may, instead of making an order under regulation 25, 26, 27 or 28 requiring a person to do something, arrange for the thing to be done.
Subregulation 2
If a person refuses or fails to comply with an order under regulation 25, 26, 27 or 28 requiring the person to do something, the Director‑General may —
after such refusal;
after the day specified in the order by the Director‑General for that thing to be done; or
if no date was specified in the order, a reasonable time after making the order,arrange for the thing to be done.
Subregulation 3
If the Government incurs costs because of arrangements made by the Director‑General under paragraph (1) or (2), the person is liable to pay to the Government an amount equal to the costs.
Subregulation 4
The amount referred to in paragraph (3) may be recovered by the Government as a civil debt due to the Government in a court of competent jurisdiction.