# The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008, Regulation 18: Recovery of expenses of enforcement

Extent: E+W+S+NI

(1) This regulation applies where a court convicts a person of an offence under regulation 15(1)(a), (b) in relation to a contravention of, or failure to, comply with regulation 5A, (c) or (d).
(2) The court may (in addition to any other order it may make as to costs or expenses) order the person convicted to reimburse the Secretary of State for any expenditure which the Secretary of State has incurred in investigating the offence, including in having the battery or appliance in respect of which the offence was committed tested.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2164/regulation/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/batteries-and-accumulators-placing-on-the-market-regulations-2008/regulation-18
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