Public Health Act 2005

The issuing authority may recover the amount of the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the issuing authority in exercising powers under section 388 or 405 as a debt payable to the issuing authority by the person named in the public health order or the warrant.

For subsection (1), the amount becomes payable 30 days after the issuing authority gives the person details of the amount of the costs.

If the issuing authority is a local government—

the amount payable to the local government bears interest as if it were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009; and

the amount payable plus interest may be recovered by the local government as if the total amount were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009.