Recovery of costs of complying with order
110 Recovery of costs of complying with order
If an order under this division is necessary because a person has committed an offence against this Act, the costs incurred by the chief executive in taking action reasonably necessary to comply with the order are a debt payable by the person to the chief executive.
If the person is convicted of an offence against this Act relevant to the order, the court may, as well as imposing a penalty for the offence, order the person to pay the amount of the costs to the chief executive.
Subsection (2) does not limit the court’s powers under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 or any other law.
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