Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 31

31 Costs under enforcement order recoverable as a debt

(1) The issuing authority may recover the amount payable by a person ordered to pay the costs under an enforcement order as a debt due to the issuing authority.

(2) For subsection (1) , the amount becomes payable 30 days after the issuing authority gives the person details of the amount of the costs.

(3) If the issuing authority is a local government—

(a) the amount payable to the local government bears interest as if it were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 ; and

(b) the amount payable plus interest may be recovered by the local government as if the total amount were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 .