(a) a public authority
has incurred costs and expenses in connection with--
(i) the prevention,
control, abatement or mitigation of any harm to the environment 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,
order the offender to pay to the
public authority or person the costs and expenses so incurred, or compensation
for the loss or damage so suffered, as the case may be, in such amount as is
fixed by the order.
(2) An order made by the Land and Environment Court under
subsection (1) is enforceable as if it were an order made by the Court in
Class 4 proceedings under the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 .
(3) The
Local Court may not make an order under subsection (1) for the payment of an
amount that exceeds the amount for which an order may be made by the court
when exercising jurisdiction under the Civil Procedure Act 2005. An order
made by the court is enforceable as if it were an order made by the court when
exercising jurisdiction under that Act.