Expenses of inquiry
61 Expenses of inquiry
Subject to this section, the expenses of and incidental to an inquiry under this Division (including the expenses incurred and payable by the Minister in proceedings brought by the Minister in the name of a funeral fund under section 58 (8)) shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament for the purpose.
The Minister may, with respect to an inquiry under this Division, give a direction—
that any funeral fund or specified person concerned in the inquiry, within such period (being not less than 7 days) as is specified in the direction, pay the whole or a part of the expenses of and incidental to the inquiry,
where expenses have been paid under subsection (1), that any funeral fund or specified person concerned in the inquiry, within such period (being not less than 7 days) as is specified in the direction, reimburse the Crown to the extent thereof, or
that any funeral fund or specified person concerned in the inquiry, within such period (being not less than 7 days) as is specified in the direction, reimburse the Crown in respect of the remuneration of any servant of the Crown concerned with the inquiry,
and serve the direction on that fund or person.
A direction under subsection (2) may specify the amount of the expenses to be paid or reimbursed and the time or times and the manner in which the payment or reimbursement of the expenses shall be made.
If a funeral fund on which or a person on whom a direction has been served under subsection (2) fails to pay the amount specified in the direction in accordance with the direction, that amount shall be recoverable from that fund or person in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.
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