PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 96
Recovery of costs, expenses and compensation after offence proved
PESTICIDES ACT 1999 - SECT 96
Recovery of costs, expenses and compensation after offence proved
96 Recovery of costs, expenses and compensation after offence proved
(1) If,
after the court finds the offence proved--
(a) a public authority has incurred
costs and expenses in connection with--
(i) the prevention, control, abatement
or mitigation of any pesticide pollution caused by the commission of the
offence, or
(ii) making good any resulting environmental damage, or
(b) a
person (including a public authority) has, by reason of the commission of the
offence, suffered loss of or damage to property or has incurred costs and
expenses in preventing or mitigating, or in attempting to prevent or mitigate,
any such loss or damage,
the person or public authority may recover from the
offender the costs and expenses incurred or the amount of the loss or damage
in the Land and Environment Court.
(2) The amount of any such costs and
expenses (but not the amount of any such loss or damage) may be recovered as a
debt.
