Water Management Act 2000

The Minister may give a person who is given a direction under this part a compliance cost notice.

A compliance cost notice is a written notice requiring the person to whom it is given to pay the costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Minister for the following—

preparing and giving of the direction,

monitoring compliance with the direction,

other matters prescribed by the regulations.

A compliance cost notice must specify—

the amount required to be paid, and

a reasonable period, not less than 28 days, within which the amount must be paid.

The Minister may recover an unpaid amount specified in a compliance cost notice as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

The regulations may provide for the following—

the issue of compliance cost notices,

the form of compliance cost notices,

the calculation of the amount to be paid under a compliance cost notice, including setting the maximum amount that may be charged for particular matters.