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The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

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[F1Article 4 and 5 offences: investigation and enforcement costsN.I.

5B.(1) This Article applies where a person is convicted of—

(a)an offence under Article 4 in respect of a contravention of paragraph (1) of that Article; or

(b)an offence under Article 5 in respect of a failure to comply with paragraph (1) of that Article.

[F2(2) The court by or before which the offender is convicted may make an order requiring him to pay—

(a)to the Department or a district council a sum which appears to the court not to exceed the costs arising from investigations of the Department or the district council which resulted in the conviction; and

(b)to the Department a sum which appears to the court not to exceed the costs arising from the seizure by the Department under Article 5E of a vehicle involved in the offence.]

(3) The costs arising from the seizure of a vehicle as specified in paragraph (2)(b) may include the cost of disposing of the contents of the vehicle.

(4) The power of a court to make an order under this Article is in addition to its power to make an order under section 2 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (award of costs against accused).]

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