(1) The expenses of and incidental to an investigation by an inspector appointed under section 747(1) or 748(1) shall be defrayed in the first instance by the relevant authority.

(2) The court may direct that a body corporate dealt with in the report or the applicant or applicants for the appointment of the inspector shall be liable to repay the relevant authority so much of the expenses as the court directs.

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (2) but subject to subsection (5), where a court enters a conviction or makes an order in a case set out in subsection (4), the court may in the same proceedings order the person referred to in subsection (4) to repay the relevant authority or any person fixed with liability for expenses under subsection (2) so much of the expenses of and incidental to the investigation as the court directs.

(4) The cases mentioned in subsection (3) are -

(a) the court convicts the person on indictment of an offence on a prosecution instituted as a result of the investigation;