200   Fee

(1)  The purpose of this section is to enable the Minister to recover the administrative costs of preparing and giving marine pollution prevention notices.

(2)  A person who is given a marine pollution prevention notice by the Minister must within 30 days pay the fee prescribed by the regulations to the Minister.

(3)  The Minister may:

(a)  extend the time for payment of the fee, on the application of a person to whom subsection (2) applies, or

(b)  waive payment of the whole or any part of the fee, on the Minister’s own initiative or on the application of a person to whom subsection (2) applies.

(4)  A fee is not payable for the variation of a marine pollution prevention notice.

(5)  A person who does not pay the fee within the time provided under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $22,000.