PART 4Medical devices
CHAPTER 3Enforcement
Recovery of expenses of enforcement
34Recovery of expenses of enforcement
1
This section applies where a court—
a
convicts a person of an offence under section 28 or regulation 60A of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/618) (offence of breaching certain provisions in the Regulations) in relation to a medical device, or
b
makes a forfeiture order under section 32 or 33(5) in relation to a medical device.
2
The court may (in addition to any other order it may make as to costs or expenses) order the person convicted or, as the case may be, a person from whom a device is seized or to whom it belongs to reimburse an enforcement authority for any expenditure which the authority has incurred or may incur—
a
in connection with any seizure or detention of the device by or on behalf of the authority, or
b
in connection with giving effect to the forfeiture order.