Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The costs of an
inquiry under this Division are to be paid out of money appropriated by
Parliament.
(2) At the direction
of the Minister, the Registrar must act under one or more of subsections (3),
(4) and (5).
(3) The Registrar may,
by written notice given to a co-operative, direct the co-operative to pay to
the State all or part of the costs of an inquiry under this Division into the
affairs of the co-operative.
(4) If proceedings are
instituted by the Registrar under section 435 in the name of a co-operative,
the Supreme Court may, in the course of the proceedings and on the application
of the Registrar, order that all or part of the costs of the inquiry that led
to the proceedings be paid to the State by a specified party to the
proceedings.
(5) If a person is
convicted of an offence in proceedings certified by the Registrar to be the
result of an inquiry into the affairs of a co-operative, the Supreme Court
may, on the application of the Registrar made at the time of the conviction or
not more than 14 days later, order the convicted person to pay to the State
all or part of the costs of the inquiry.
(6) A direction or an
order under this section must state —
(a) the
amount to be paid; and
(b) the
time or times for payment; and
(c) the
manner of payment.
(7) An amount that has
not been paid by a person in accordance with a direction or an order under
this section is recoverable from the person by the Registrar as a debt payable
to the State.