Section 486DA — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Acceptance of undertakings relating to contraventions of Part 3 civil penalty provisions

(1) This section applies if the Minister considers that an action taken by a person after the commencement of this section contravened a civil penalty provision of Part 3. (2) The Minister may accept a written undertaking given by the person in relation to the action, in which the person undertakes to pay a specified amount, within a specified period: (a) to the Commonwealth; or (b) to some other specified person, for the purpose of activities directed towards the protection and conservation of the matter protected by the civil penalty provision referred to in subsection (1). (3) The person may withdraw or vary the undertaking at any time, but only with the consent of the Minister.