247Recovery of costs, expenses and compensation after offence proved

247 Recovery of costs, expenses and compensation after offence proved

247 Recovery of costs, expenses and compensation after offence proved

(1) If, after the court finds the offence proved—

(a) a public authority has incurred costs and expenses in connection with—

(i) the prevention, control, abatement or mitigation of any harm to the environment caused by the commission of the offence, or

(ii) making good any resulting environmental damage, or

(b) a person (including a public authority) has, by reason of the commission of the offence, suffered loss of or damage to property or has incurred costs and expenses in preventing or mitigating, or in attempting to prevent or mitigate, any such loss or damage,

the person or public authority may recover from the offender the costs and expenses incurred or the amount of the loss or damage in the Land and Environment Court.

(2) The amount of any such costs and expenses (but not the amount of any such loss or damage) may be recovered as a debt.