Environment Protection Act (Cap. 549), article 78

78. Subject to the provisions of regulations made under this Act, and without prejudice to the Authority’s powers set out in article 77, when an operation or a site is subject to a stop or der or to a compliance order, and the provisions of the said stop order o r compliance order are not abided with, the operation or site may be subject to a daily fine that starts accruing from the date of t he first notification of the stop order or compliance order to any of th e parties to whom the order is ser ved according to the provisions of article 76. Any person subject t o a stop order who fails to com ply with the said order, or when a compliance order has not been appealed or where a compliance order has been appealed but has been confirmed, as the case ma y be, and the person concerned subject to a compliance order fails to comply with the said ord er within the period therein prescr ibed, such person shall be liab le to a maximum penalty of not more than one hundred and fifty euro (€150) for every day the default continues after the expiration of the said period as the Authority may prescribe under the said regulations; and the Authority may recover such penalty from th e said person as a civil debt owing to it. Recovery of amounts due to the Authority. Amended by: XXX.2023.8.