142Certain expenses to be recoverable by APVMA

#### 142 Certain expenses to be recoverable by APVMA (1) Any expense incurred by the APVMA under paragraph 131A(1)(j) or 132A(1)(j) in respect of the destruction or making harmless of a chemical product is a debt due to the APVMA by the owner of the product. (2) Any expense incurred by the APVMA under subsection 132D(2) in supervising: (a) the reformulation of a substance; or (b) the placing of a substance in a container; or (c) the attaching of a label to a container; is a debt due to the APVMA: (d) if paragraph (a) or (b) applies—by the owner of the substance; or (e) if paragraph (c) applies—by the owner of the substance in the container. (3) Any expense incurred by the APVMA under paragraph 140(2)(c) in destroying or disposing of a thing is a debt due to the APVMA by the owner of the thing. (4) Any expense incurred by the APVMA under section 140 in returning a thing to a person is a debt due to the APVMA by the person. (4A) Any expense incurred by the APVMA under section 141A in disposing of a thing is a debt due to the APVMA by the owner of the thing. (5) Any expense incurred by the APVMA under section 150 in disposing of a thing that has been forfeited to the APVMA is a debt due to the APVMA by the person whose property the thing was before it was forfeited. (6) The APVMA may recover a debt due by a person under this section by action against the person.