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Regulation 23 Recovery of expenses of enforcement

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

This regulation shall apply where a court–

(a)

convicts a person of an offence in relation to any construction products of any provision of Part II; or

(b)

make an order under regulation 12 or 13 for the forfeiture of any construction products.

(2)

The court may (in addition to any other order it may make as to costs or expenses) order the person convicted or, as the case may be, any person having an interest in the products to reimburse an enforcement authority for any expenditure which has been or may be incurred by that authority–

(a)

in connection with any seizure or detention of the products by or on behalf of the authority; or

(b)

in connection with any compliance by the authority with directions given by the court for the purposes of any order for the forfeiture of the products.