94Compensation orders for damage to road and rail infrastructure

94 Compensation orders for damage to road and rail infrastructure

(1) The court that finds a person guilty of an offence may make an order under this Part. (2) The court may make a compensation order requiring the offender to pay a rail or road authority such amount by way of compensation as the court thinks fit for damage to any rail or road infrastructure that the rail or road authority has incurred or is likely to incur in consequence of the offence. (3) A compensation order may be made on the application of the rail or road authority or the Competent Authority. (4) A compensation order may only be made in favour of the rail or road authority. (5) The court may make a compensation order where it is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the commission of the offence caused or contributed to the damage. (6) The court may make a compensation order when it finds the offender guilty of the offence or at any time afterwards, but not later than the period within which a prosecution for the offence could have been commenced.