FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 232
FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 232
232 . Payment of modified penalty, consequences of
(1) If the modified
penalty specified in an infringement notice has been paid within 28 days or
such further time as is allowed and the notice has not been withdrawn, the
alleged offender is not liable to any further proceedings for the alleged
offence.
(2) An amount paid as
a modified penalty is, subject to section 231(2), to be dealt with as if it
were a fine imposed by a court as a penalty for an offence.
(3) Payment of a
modified penalty is not to be regarded as an admission for the purposes of any
proceedings, whether civil or criminal.
[Section 232 amended: No. 78 of 1995 s. 47.]