Explosives Act 1999
sec.122Recovery of costs from convicted person
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sec.122 Recovery of costs from convicted person
A court convicting a person of an offence against this Act may order the person to pay to a government entity or the State costs reasonably incurred by the entity or the State because of the offence, including the following costs— the cost of testing, transporting, storing and disposing of explosives and other evidence; RSHQ’s reasonable costs of investigating the offence; the reasonable costs of preparing for the prosecution of the offence. An amount ordered to be paid under subsection (1) is a debt owing to the entity or the State. Subsection (1) is in addition to any other order the court may make. s 122 amd 2011 No. 2 s 39 ; 2024 No. 34 s 133 (sec.122-ssec.1) A court convicting a person of an offence against this Act may order the person to pay to a government entity or the State costs reasonably incurred by the entity or the State because of the offence, including the following costs— the cost of testing, transporting, storing and disposing of explosives and other evidence; RSHQ’s reasonable costs of investigating the offence; the reasonable costs of preparing for the prosecution of the offence. (sec.122-ssec.2) An amount ordered to be paid under subsection (1) is a debt owing to the entity or the State. (sec.122-ssec.3) Subsection (1) is in addition to any other order the court may make.
- (a) the cost of testing, transporting, storing and disposing of explosives and other evidence;
- (b) RSHQ’s reasonable costs of investigating the offence;
- (c) the reasonable costs of preparing for the prosecution of the offence.