Protection from Harmful Radiation Act 1990
23BAdditional orders
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23B Additional orders
23B Additional orders
(1) Orders The court may do any one or more of the following—
(a) order the offender to take specified action to publicise the offence (including the circumstances of the offence) and its environmental and other consequences and any other orders made against the person,
(b) order the offender to take specified action to notify specified persons or classes of persons of the offence (including the circumstances of the offence) and its environmental and other consequences and of any orders made against the person (including, for example, the publication in an annual report or any other notice to shareholders of a company or the notification of persons aggrieved or affected by the offender’s conduct),
(c) order the offender to carry out a specified project for the restoration or enhancement of the environment in a public place or for the public benefit,
(d) order the offender to attend, or to cause an employee or employees or a contractor or contractors of the offender to attend, a training or other course specified by the court,
(e) order the offender to establish, for employees or contractors of the offender, a training course of a kind specified by the court,
(f) if the Authority is a party to the proceedings, order the offender to provide a financial assurance, of a form and amount specified by the court, to the Authority, if the court orders the offender to carry out a specified work or program for the restoration or enhancement of the environment,
(g) if the court is satisfied the Authority has reasonably incurred costs and expenses during the investigation of an offence—order the offender to pay to the Authority an amount—
(i) specified in the order, and
(ii) representing the costs and expenses incurred.
The Local Court is not authorised to make an order referred to in paragraph (c) or (f).
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) (c), the court may order the offender to carry out any social or community activity for the benefit of the community or persons that are adversely affected by the offence (a restorative justice activity) that the offender has agreed to carry out. However, the Local Court is not authorised to make an order under this subsection.