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Rh ::(b) the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.

Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied

70.—(1) Where any person is convicted of an offence under this Act, the court may, in addition to or instead of imposing any fine or imprisonment or both, order the person to take, within the time specified in the order (or within such further time as the court may allow), such steps as may be so specified to remedy the contravention or any matter resulting from the contravention.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), where an order is made under subsection (1), the convicted person is not liable under this Act in respect of the continuation of the contravention during the time specified in the order or allowed by the court to remedy the matters in respect of which the contravention occurred.

(3) If the order under subsection (1) is not complied with by the person to whom the order is given, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the non‑compliance continues after the date of conviction for the offence mentioned in that subsection.

Composition of offences

71.—(1) An officer of the Agency authorised by the Agency to compound offences may compound any offence under this Act that is prescribed as a compoundable offence, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:
 * (a) one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
 * (b) $5,000.

(2) On payment of such sum of money, no further proceedings may be taken against that person in respect of the offence under this Act.