69WRecovery of costs of storing or keeping specimens

##### 69W Recovery of costs of storing or keeping specimens (1) If a specimen is seized under this Part, the owner is liable to pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the sum of the following costs: (a) reasonable costs incurred by the Commonwealth in relation to the custody of the specimen; (b) reasonable costs incurred by the Commonwealth in transporting the specimen; (c) in the case of a specimen that is a live animal or a live plant—reasonable costs incurred by the Commonwealth in maintaining the animal or plant. (2) If: (a) a specimen is seized under this Part; and (b) the specimen is disposed of; the owner is liable to pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the reasonable costs incurred by the Commonwealth in disposing of the specimen. (3) An amount payable by a person under this section is a debt due by the person to the Commonwealth. (4) An amount payable by a person to the Commonwealth under this section may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction. (5) The Designated Authority may remit an amount payable by a person under this section. (6) In addition to its effect apart from this subsection, this section also has the effect it would have if a liability under this section were, by express provision, confined to the case of a specimen that: (a) is forfeited to the Commonwealth under this Act; or (b) would have been forfeited to the Commonwealth under this Act if it had not been disposed of.