New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 294

294 Orders for costs, expenses and compensation at time offence proved

(1) The court may order the offender to pay to a government agency or person costs and expenses incurred, or compensation for loss or damage suffered, as the case may be, in such amount as is fixed by the order, if it appears to the court that--

(a) a government agency has incurred costs and expenses in connection with--

(i) the prevention, control, mitigation or management of any biosecurity impact caused by the commission of the offence, or

(ii) making good any resulting biosecurity impact, or

(b) a person (including a government agency) has, by reason of the commission of the offence, suffered loss of or damage to property or has incurred costs and expenses in preventing, controlling, mitigating or managing any such loss or damage, or attempting to do so.

(2) The Local Court may not make an order under subsection (1) for the payment of an amount that exceeds the jurisdictional limit of the Local Court under the Civil Procedure Act 2005 .