43Recovery of costs from convicted person

43 Recovery of costs from convicted person

If a Court convicts a person of an offence following action taken by an authorised officer under section 18 or 20, the Court may, on application by or on behalf of the authorised officer, order that, in addition to any other penalty, the defendant must pay any costs that were reasonably incurred in taking that action and are directly related to the investigation of the offence. Those costs include costs for testing, transporting, storing and disposing of the dangerous goods and other evidence.