Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.261Applications for recovery of costs
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sec.261 Applications for recovery of costs
Subsection (2) applies if— before the commencement, the chief executive applied to a court for an order for the payment of costs under the Health Act , section 153ZL or the Pest Management Act , section 119 ; and immediately before the commencement, the application had not been decided. The application may be decided as if this Act had not commenced. Subsection (4) applies if a person is convicted of an offence after the commencement because of a proceeding continued or started under section 260. The chief executive may apply to a court for an order for the payment of costs under the Health Act , section 153ZL or the Pest Management Act , section 119 , and the application may be decided, as if this Act had not commenced. (sec.261-ssec.1) Subsection (2) applies if— before the commencement, the chief executive applied to a court for an order for the payment of costs under the Health Act , section 153ZL or the Pest Management Act , section 119 ; and immediately before the commencement, the application had not been decided. (sec.261-ssec.2) The application may be decided as if this Act had not commenced. (sec.261-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if a person is convicted of an offence after the commencement because of a proceeding continued or started under section 260. (sec.261-ssec.4) The chief executive may apply to a court for an order for the payment of costs under the Health Act , section 153ZL or the Pest Management Act , section 119 , and the application may be decided, as if this Act had not commenced.
- (a) before the commencement, the chief executive applied to a court for an order for the payment of costs under the Health Act , section 153ZL or the Pest Management Act , section 119 ; and
- (b) immediately before the commencement, the application had not been decided.