234Publicity orders

234 Publicity orders (1) The Court may make a publicity order requiring the person to do any of the following: (a) to publicise, in the manner specified in the order, the offence, its consequences, the penalty imposed and any other related matter; (b) to notify a specified person or class of persons, in the manner specified in the order, of the offence, its consequences, the penalty imposed and any other related matter. (2) A person subject to an adverse publicity order must give the Electrical Safety Regulator evidence of compliance with the order within 5 business days after the expiry of the period specified in subsection (1)(a) or (b). (3) The Court may make an adverse publicity order on its own initiative or on the application of the person prosecuting the offence. (4) If the Electrical Safety Regulator is not satisfied that the person complied with the order, the Electrical Safety Regulator may apply to the Court for an order authorising the Electrical Safety Regulator, or a person authorised in writing by the Electrical Safety Regulator, to take action. (5) The Electrical Safety Regulator is entitled to recover from the person subject to an order, by action in a Court of competent jurisdiction, the reasonable expenses of taking action under subsection (4).

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