MHHS · Consumer Protection Act
Part 15 — Administration and Appeals Administration
176 Government's costs
(a) is investigated under this Act,
(b) is the subject of an order o f the Director under section 129
or 157, or
(c) has entered into an undertaking
to pay the costs that the Government incurs in the investigation or
that arose in the process leading up to the issuance of the order of
the Director or the entering into of the undertaking.
(2) The Director must notify the person of the amount of the costs,
and the person has 30 days from receiving the notice to file an
objection with the Director respecting the amount of the costs.
(3) On receiving an objection within the 30-day time limit, the
Director must submit the matter to an arbitration process approved
by the Minister.
(4) The person who is required to pay the costs under subsection
(1) is liable to pay
(a) the amount specified in the Director's notice, if no objec tion
is filed within the time period specified in subsection (2), or
RSA 2000
(b) the amount specified in the decision of the arbitrator,
and the Director may collect the amount by civil action for debt.
RSA 2000 cF-2 s176;2005 c9 s62