55.52. The Minister may claim, in the same manner as any debt owing to the Government, from an offender who has been convicted of an offence under section 55.6 or 55.7, the costs of specimens or samples taken and analyses made to ascertain, during a period of one year following the date of the final judgment of conviction, the absence of medicinal residues or metabolites of a medication, or to ensure that the quantities and concentrations permitted in the offender’s animals are being complied with.