421Application of fines

1. Notwithstanding any other enactment, where a person is convicted of an offence against section 237 or section 263 or section 264, the court before which that person is convicted may order that the whole or part of the fine, or other monetary penalty, imposed under this Act in respect of that offence be paid to such person or persons as the court thinks fit, to be applied towards meeting costs of—

2. the removal, containment, rendering harmless, or dispersal of the harmful substance or waste or other matter; or
3. the damage resulting from the discharge of the harmful substance or dumping of waste or matter; or
4. both.