Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The costs of an inquiry under this division are to be paid out of money appropriated by Parliament.
(2) At the direction of the Minister, the registrar must act under 1 or more of subsections (3), (4) and (5).
(3) The registrar may, by written notice given to a cooperative, direct the cooperative to pay to the State all or part of the costs of an inquiry under this division into the affairs of the cooperative.
(4) If a proceeding is instituted by the registrar under section 417 in the name of a cooperative, the court may, in the course of the proceeding and on the application of the registrar, order all or part of the costs of the inquiry that led to the proceeding be paid to the State by a stated party to the proceeding.
(5) If a person is convicted of an offence in a proceeding certified by the registrar to be the result of an inquiry into the affairs of a cooperative, the court may, on the application of the registrar made at the time of the conviction or within 14 days later, order the convicted person to pay to the State all or part of the costs of the inquiry.
(6) An order under this section must state—
(a) the amount to be paid; and
(b) the time or times for payment; and
(c) the manner of payment.
(7) An amount that has not been paid by a person in accordance with an order under this section is recoverable from the person by the registrar as a debt payable to the State.