146ARecovery of costs orders—making

146A Recovery of costs orders—making (1) This section applies if a court convicts a person or finds a person guilty of an offence against this Act. made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act, s 104). (2) The court may make an order (a recovery of costs order) requiring the person to pay to a competent authority the costs the court considers appropriate that were— (a) reasonably incurred in taking action in relation to the offence; or (b) directly related to the investigation of the offence.

Costs and recovery Division 3.9.3 (3) Subsection (2) applies in addition to any other penalty imposed by a court for an offence against this Act. costs includes costs for testing, transporting, storing and disposing of dangerous goods and other evidence.