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State Debt Recovery Act 2018
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#### 89 Sheriff’s additional costs
89 Sheriff’s additional costs
> > (1) The Chief Commissioner may approve any costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Sheriff in taking action to recover a debt under this Act as debt recovery costs payable by the debtor under the debt recovery order.
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> > (2) The amount of those costs and expenses is to be determined in accordance with the scale applicable to the enforcement of judgment debts under the [Civil Procedure Act 2005](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2005-028), but is to be reduced by the prescribed debt recovery costs payable to the Consolidated Fund for any action taken by the Sheriff or other official under this Act.
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> > (3) For the purposes of this section, the Chief Commissioner has the functions of the registrar of the relevant court with respect to the approval of those costs and expenses.
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> > (4) Debt recovery costs recoverable under this section are payable to the Sheriff and not to the Consolidated Fund.
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> > (5) The power of the Local Court to review a decision of a registrar of the Court in respect of any such debt recovery costs applies to a decision of the Chief Commissioner under this section.