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Local Government Act 1993
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#### 690 Other remedies
690 Other remedies
> > (1) Whether any penalty imposed on a person by or under this Act has been recovered or not, the council may recover from the person—
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> > > (a) any sum for damage sustained by it through the person’s act or default, and
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> > > (b) the costs and expenses incurred by it in remedying that damage, and
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> > > (c) the value of anything wasted, misused or unlawfully consumed, diverted or taken by the person.
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> > (2) The penalty may be recovered even if the council has not exercised any other right of recovery.
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> > (3) A prosecution or conviction for an offence against this Act or the regulations does not affect any right of action of any person for any damage sustained by the person.