S.L. 549.66 Art. 19Enforcement notice.

(1) Where the Department believes that the farmer has contravened any of these regulations, the Director may serve an enforcement notice on such farmer in accordance with subregulation (2).

(2) An enforcement notice served upon a farmer in terms of sub-regulation (1) shall:

(a) require the farmer upon whom it is served to carry out such works or to take such steps as the Director may determine in order to remedy, or to prevent the continuation or repetition of, any contravention to which the enforcement notice relates;

(b) state the period within which any such requirement is to be complied with.

(3) The period stated in the enforcement notice for compliance with any such requirement shall be such period as is reasonable in the circumstances and shall not in any case be a period of fewer than twenty-eight days.

(4) The Department may at any time:

(a) withdraw the enforcement notice;

(b) extend the period for compliance with any requirement of the enforcement notice; or

(c) modify the requirements of the enforcement notice.