46Recovery of debt in court

46 Recovery of debt in court

(1)  The Secretary may recover any amount payable to the Secretary under this Act in the Magistrates Court as a debt due and payable.

(2)  The Magistrates Court may make an order for payment under this section even though the amount of the order exceeds the upper monetary limit of the Court's civil jurisdiction.

(3)  In addition to any other orders that may be made in relation to proceedings for an offence under this Act, the Court determining the proceedings for the offence may make a compensation order for any amount payable to the Secretary under this Act, as a debt due and payable, in respect of the matter to which the proceedings relate.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (3) , compensation order has the same meaning as in the Sentencing Act 1997 .