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Version date: 1 April 1996 - onwards
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70. Expenses of and fees relating to an investigation.

(1) The expenses of and incidental to an investigation and the fees incurred by an inspector appointed by the Court under section 66 of this Act or by a supervisory authority under section 73 of this Act shall be defrayed by the relevant supervisory authority, but the Court may direct that any person dealt with in the report shall be liable, to such extent as the Court may direct, on the application of the supervisory authority, to repay the supervisory authority any expenses or fees incurred.

(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1) of this section, any person who is -

(a) convicted on indictment of an offence on a prosecution instituted as a result of an investigation,

(b) ordered to pay damages or restore any property in proceedings brought as a result of an investigation, or

(c) awarded damages or to whom property is restored in proceedings brought as a result of an investigation,