25Payments to council or Public Account

25 Payments to council or Public Account

(1)  Any payments made in respect of an infringement notice –

(a) are payable to a council, if the notice was served by an authorised officer who is an employee of the council; or

(b) are otherwise payable into the Public Account.

(2)  A council may charge a person a fee for –

(a) the provision by the council to the person of any information requested by the person from the council under the Act; or

(b) the carrying out of any inspection, analysis or other function under the Act in respect of the person by an authorised officer who is an employee of the council.

(3)  A fee charged under subregulation (2) is –

(a) to be no more than is necessary to cover the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of information, or the inspection, analysis or other function that was carried out by the authorised officer under the Act in respect of the person; and

(b) recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due and owing to the council.