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Natural Environment Bill

Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement - Enforcement orders

261: Notification of application

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"Telling people about your application to the Environment Court"

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If you apply for an enforcement order, you must tell people it affects. You do this by serving them a notice in a special form. You must do this within 5 working days of applying to the Environment Court, unless section 264 applies.

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Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Enforcement: Enforcement orders

261Notification of application

  1. Except as provided in section 264 (which relates to interim enforcement orders), where an application for an enforcement order is made, the applicant must serve notice of the application in the prescribed form on every person directly affected by the application.

  2. The notice must be served within 5 working days after the application is made to the Environment Court.