Section 21
Improvement notice
of Energy Efficiency (Standards and Labelling) Act
(1)
The Authority may serve an improvement notice on a registered supplier if it is of the opinion that the registered supplier —
(a)
is contravening a requirement under this Act; or
(b)
has contravened such a requirement in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated.
(2)
In an improvement notice, the Authority shall —
(a)
state the Authority’s opinion under subsection (1);
(b)
specify the requirement that is being or has been contravened; and
(c)
direct the registered supplier to remedy, within a period specified in the notice, the contravention or the matters occasioning it.
(3)
An improvement notice may include directions as to the remedial measures to be taken and those directions may be framed —
(a)
wholly or partly by reference to any requirement under this
Act as the Authority may determine; and
(b)
so as to afford the registered supplier on whom the notice is served a choice between different ways of remedying the contravention or the matters occasioning it.
(4)
A registered supplier who contravenes any direction specified in an improvement notice is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a
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fine not exceeding $2,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.