New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 326

326 Recovery of amount payable under cost recovery order as debt

(1) The Secretary may, by proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction, recover as a debt any unpaid amount under a cost recovery order.

(2) Proceedings may be taken at any time after the due date for payment specified in the cost recovery order.

(3) If this Part confers on a person a right to appeal to the Land and Environment Court against the decision to issue a cost recovery order, the Secretary is not to institute proceedings on the cost recovery order unless--

(a) the period during which the appeal can be made has elapsed, and

(b) if the person has appealed against the decision, the appeal has been determined.