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PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 249
Orders regarding monetary benefits
249 Orders regarding monetary benefits
(1) The court may order the offender to pay, as part of the penalty for
committing the offence, an additional penalty of an amount the court is
satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, represents the amount of any
monetary benefits acquired by the offender, or accrued or accruing to
the offender, as a result of the commission of the offence.
(2) The amount of
an additional penalty for an offence is not subject to any maximum amount of
penalty provided elsewhere by or under this Act.
(2A) For subsection (1), the
prosecutor for the offence may give to the court a reasonable estimate of the
amount of monetary benefits acquired by, or accrued or accruing to, a person
as a result of the commission of the offence.
(2B) The prosecutor may
calculate the estimate-- (a) in accordance with a protocol prescribed by the
regulations, or
(b) using another method, formula or approach the prosecutor
considers appropriate.
(3) In this section--
"the court" does not include the Local Court.
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