(1) The court may order the offender
to pay, as part of the penalty for committing the offence, an additional
penalty of an amount not exceeding the court's estimation of the amount of any
monetary benefits acquired by the offender, or accrued or accruing to the
offender, as a result of the commission of the offence.
(2) The amount of an
additional penalty for an offence is not subject to any maximum amount of
penalty provided elsewhere by or under this Act.
(2A) For subsection (1), the
Environment Protection Authority may submit to the court a reasonable estimate
of the amount of monetary benefits acquired by, or accrued or accruing to, a
person as a result of the commission of the offence.
(2B) The reasonable
estimate may be calculated--
(a) in accordance with a protocol prescribed by
the regulations, or
(b) using another method, formula or approach the
Environment Protection Authority considers appropriate.
(3) In this section--
"monetary benefits" means monetary, financial or economic benefits.
