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Act index » Part 4 - Orders in addition to sentence » Division 2B - Recovery of costs incurred by emergency service agencies
87J Court may take financial circumstances of offender into account
(1)If a court decides to make a cost recovery order, it may, in determining the amount and method of payment of the costs covered by the order, take into account, as far as practicable, the financial circumstances of the offender and the nature of the burden that payment of the costs will impose.
(2)A court is not prevented from making a cost recovery order only because it has been unable to find out the financial circumstances of the offender.
(3)If the court considers—the court must give first preference to any compensation order, second preference to a cost recovery order and third preference to a fine.