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s 11ZB

Failure to comply with licence

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Part 2ALicensing of gas supply
Division 7Enforcement

11ZB Failure to comply with licence

(1)

If, in the opinion of the Authority, a licensee contravenes a licence, the Authority may cause a notice to be served on the licensee requiring the licensee to rectify the contravention within a specified period.

(2)

If, in the opinion of the Authority, a licensee fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1), the Authority may, subject to section 11ZC, do one or more of the following —

(a)

serve a letter of reprimand on the licensee;

(b)

order the licensee to pay a monetary penalty fixed by the Authority but not exceeding $100 000;

(c)

cause the contravention to be rectified to the satisfaction of the Authority.

(3)

Persons authorised by the Authority may enter any premises and do all things that are necessary for the purposes of subsection (2)(c).

(4)

The Authority may recover —

(a)

a penalty imposed under subsection (2)(b); or

(b)

the costs and expenses of any action taken under subsection (2)(c),

in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due by the licensee to the Crown.

[Section 11ZB inserted: No. 20 of 1999 s. 8; amended: No. 67 of 2003 Sch. 2 cl. 24.]

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