Environmental Protection (NEPM-UPM) Regulations 2013

If an authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that a brand owner has contravened regulation 6 or 10, the authorised person may give the brand owner a written notice under this regulation.

The notice must state —

the act or omission comprising the contravention; and

the action the brand owner may take to rectify the alleged contravention; and

the day by which the brand owner must take the action.

The stated day must be at least 2 months after the notice is given to the brand owner.

A brand owner must comply with the notice unless the brand owner has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it.

A brand owner cannot be prosecuted for an alleged contravention of regulation 6 or 10 unless the brand owner —

is given a notice under subregulation (1); and

does not comply with the notice.