# The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) Regulations 2015, Regulation 17: Recovery of expenses of enforcement


(1) This regulation applies where a court convicts a person of an offence under regulation 13.
(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 the Secretary of State or any inspector has reasonably incurred in investigating the offence, including expenditure incurred in the exercise of any power conferred by regulation 10 or 11.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/821/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nagoya-protocol-compliance-regulations-2015/regulation-17
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