(1) The Board may, where it considers the conditions for the conservation and improvement of land or water resources on any given land to be critical, issue an Interim Protection Notice.
(2) An Interim Protection Notice shall be in writing under the hand of the Executive Secretary of the Board and shall be served on any owner or occupier of the land to which it relates.
(3) An Interim Protection Notice shall have the effect of causing all work of whatever nature pertaining to that land to cease from the date of such Notice except work which has been approved by the Board in writing.
(4) An Interim Protection Notice shall remain in effect for a maximum of 60 days.
(5) Despite the provisions of any other law to the contrary, an Interim Protection Notice shall take precedence.
(6) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (3) commits an offence against this Act.