South Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 47D

47D—Payment by convicted person of costs incidental to apprehension etc

        (1)         The court by which a person is convicted of an offence under section 47(1), 47B(1), 47BA(1), 47E(3) or 47EAA(9) on the complaint of a police officer may, in addition to imposing any other penalty, order, on the application of the complainant, that the defendant pay to the complainant a reasonable sum to cover the expenses of all or any of the following matters:

            (a)         apprehending the defendant; and

            (b)         conveying the defendant to a police station; and

            (c)         keeping the defendant in custody until trial; and

            (d)         medically examining the defendant; and

            (e)         facilitating the taking of a sample of the defendant's blood and providing for the presence of a police officer.

        (2)         Any sum of money received by the complainant in consequence of an order under subsection (1) must be paid into the General Revenue of the State.