Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The board may offer and pay a reward to any person who gives information to the board relating to any offence that the board believes or suspects has been committed in respect of the property of the board or in respect of property in its possession.
(2) If a person is found guilty of an offence referred to in subsection (1), the court before which the proceedings are heard, in addition to any penalty it may impose or other order it may make, may order the person to pay to the board the amount of any reward the board has paid or has contracted to pay for information in relation to the offence in question.
(3) The amount so ordered to be paid, if unpaid, shall be recoverable by the board by action as for a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) Subsection (2) applies whether or not a conviction is recorded.