Government Telecommunications Act 2018

This section applies if a court convicts a person of an offence under section 23.

The court may order the offender to pay the following to the Authority—

if it appears to the court that the Authority has suffered loss or damage—an amount specified in the order as compensation for the loss or damage,

if it appears to the court that the Authority incurred costs and expenses in preventing or mitigating loss or damage, or attempting to do so—an amount specified in the order as compensation for the costs and expenses incurred.

A court may not make an order under subsection (2) for the payment of an amount that exceeds the amount for which an order may be made by the court when exercising jurisdiction under the Civil Procedure Act 2005.

An order made by the court is enforceable as if it were an order made by the court when exercising jurisdiction under that Act.

An order may be made under this section in addition to any penalty that may be imposed or any other action that may be taken in relation to the offence concerned.