Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where a person is
convicted of an offence against section 23 or 24 or fails to comply with
an order made under section 28(1) made in respect of a conviction for an
offence against section 23 or 24, the court may instead of or in addition
to imposing any penalty order the offender to pay to the owner or occupier or
person or authority having control or management of the land or waters where
the offence was committed such sum as it considers reasonable for the cleaning
up and removal of the material the subject of the offence.
(1a) Where a person is
convicted of an offence against section 24A or 24B, or fails to comply
with an order under section 28(1) made in respect of a conviction for an
offence against section 24A or 24B, the court may instead of or in
addition to imposing any penalty order the offender to pay to the owner or
occupier or person or authority having control or management of the building,
fence, furniture, pillar, post, screen, tree, structure, wall, other object or
unoccupied vehicle where or on which a bill or bills were posted in
consequence of the offence such sum as it considers reasonable for the
cleaning up and removal of the bill or bills.
(2) An amount ordered
to be paid under subsection (1) or (1a) may be recovered as a judgment
debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
[Section 29 amended by No. 92 of 1994
s. 23; No. 6 of 1996 s. 12.]