8Costs and expenses recoverable by Minister

8 Costs and expenses recoverable by Minister

8 Costs and expenses recoverable by Minister

Where the Commissioner or an authorised officer causes anything to be done pursuant to section 5 (1) or (3) in relation to a motor vehicle, the Minister may in any court of competent jurisdiction recover, as a debt due to the Crown by the owner of that motor vehicle, any amount certified (which certificate is admissible in any proceedings and is conclusive of the matters certified in and by the certificate) by the Commissioner to be:

(a) costs and expenses incurred by the Commissioner or the authorised officer, as the case may be, in respect of the doing of that thing, and

(b) an amount for which the Commissioner, the authorised officer or any person engaged in the doing of any such thing is liable, whether by reason of his or her negligence or otherwise.