(1) If a person
carries out authorised operations without the authority required by this Act,
the ERD Court may, on application by the owner of land on which the operations
are carried out, make an order (a "compliance order ) requiring the person
(the "respondent")—
(a) to
stop the operations; and
(b) if
the operations have resulted in damage to land—to take specified action
to rehabilitate the land.
(2) Before the Court
makes a compliance order it must allow the respondent a reasonable opportunity
to be heard on the application.
(3) A person against
whom a compliance order is made must comply with the order.
Maximum penalty: $250 000.