Queensland Consolidated Acts

PLANNING ACT 2016 - SECT 178

178 Order for investigation expenses

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a Magistrates Court finds—

(i) a defendant guilty of a development offence; and

(ii) an enforcement authority has reasonably incurred expenses in taking a sample or conducting an inspection, test, measurement or analysis to investigate the offence; and

(b) the enforcement authority applies for an order for the payment of the expenses.

(2) The court may order the defendant to pay a reasonable amount for the expenses to the enforcement authority if the court considers it would be just to do so in the circumstances.