New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 295

295 Recovery of costs, expenses and compensation after offence proved

(1) If, after the court finds the offence proved--

(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,

the government agency or person may recover from the offender the costs and expenses incurred or the amount of the loss or damage in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) The amount of any such costs and expenses (but not the amount of any such loss or damage) may be recovered as a debt.