PROTECTION OF THE SEA (OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUNDS) ACT 1993 - SECT 41 Recovery of contributions and late payment penalty

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUNDS) ACT 1993 - SECT 41

  (1)   The following amounts may be recovered by the 1992 Fund, on behalf of the Commonwealth, as debts due to the Commonwealth:

  (a)   contributions that are required to be paid because of this Part and that are due and payable;

  (b)   late payment penalty that is due and payable.

  (2)   For the purposes of an action or proceeding under subsection   ( 1), liability to costs is to be determined as if the 1992 Fund were a party to the action or proceeding and the Commonwealth were not a party.

  (3)   The 1992 Fund is not entitled to recover from the Commonwealth any costs or other expenses it incurs in recovering an amount referred to in subsection   ( 1).