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.