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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 152 Costs incurred in exercising power

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 152

Division 3 - Costs and compensation Costs incurred in exercising power

(1)  If a person, public authority or Agency fails to exercise a power or perform a function or fails to comply with a direction or requirement of the Director under this Act when required to do so, the Director or a council may exercise that power or perform that function at the expense of that person or body.
(2)  Any costs or charges incurred by the Director or a council under this section –
(a) is a debt due –
(i) to the Crown, if the Director incurred the costs or charges; and
(ii) to the council, if the council incurred the costs or charges; and
(b) is recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction.