(1)  The Director of Building Control, or the relevant permit authority, may recover from a person served with a notice or order under this Part the reasonable costs and expenses incurred –

(a) in the issue and service of the notice or order, including any amendment of the notice or order; and

(b) the issue and service of copies of the notice or order, including any amendment of the notice or order, if required to be issued and served under this Act; and

(c) the lodging of documents with the Recorder of Titles, if required to be lodged under this Act; and

(d) any action taken in respect of monitoring, or reviewing, compliance with a notice or order.

(2)  The Director of Building Control, or the relevant permit authority, may recover, as a debt due by the person served with the relevant notice or order –

(a) the costs and expenses referred to in subsection (1) ; and

(b) interest those costs and expenses, but only from the date on which the debt is due, calculated at the rate prescribed for the purposes of section 34 of the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 .