98Recovery of costs

98 Recovery of costs

(1)  A court that finds a person guilty of an offence may, in addition to imposing any other sanction, order the convicted person to pay the Competent Authority costs –

(a) that were reasonably incurred in taking the action; and

(b) that were directly related to the investigation of the offence.

(2)  Those costs include costs for testing, transporting, storing and disposing of the dangerous goods and other evidence.

(3)  An order may be made on the application of the Competent Authority made either at the time of the finding of guilt, or at any time not later than the period within which a prosecution for the offence could have commenced.