Additional court orders
85 Additional court orders
This section applies if a court finds a person guilty of an offence against this Act that resulted in loss of or damage to another person's property or harm to the environment.
In addition to the penalty that may otherwise be imposed for the offence, the court may:
order the person to pay to the other person the amount decided by the court as compensation for the loss of or damage to the other person's property or for costs reasonably incurred by the other person in taking action to mitigate or prevent the loss or damage; or
order the person to pay to the Territory the amount decided by the court to be the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the
Territory in taking action to remedy or mitigate the harm to the environment or to prevent further harm to the environment.
In addition, the court may make another order the court considers necessary or convenient for the enforcement of an order under subsection (2).
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