18 Compliance notice: offence and multiple convictions

18  Compliance notice: offence and multiple convictions

(1)     An owner of land who has been served with a compliance notice which has become operative commits an offence if the owner fails to take the steps specified in the notice under section 17(1)(b) within the period specified in the notice under section 17(1)(c).

(2)     A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.

(3)     In proceedings against an owner of land for an offence under subsection (1), it is a defence that the owner had a reasonable excuse

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