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.