Clause 26

by deleting the words “under this Act or any by‑law made by it which is prescribed” and substituting the words “under any by‑law made by it for a purpose mentioned in section 24(1) and which is prescribed in those by‑laws”;

by deleting “$1,000” and substituting “$2,000”; and

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(2) A public officer authorised by the Minister may compound any offence under this Act or rules made under this Act that is prescribed under section 57 as a compoundable offence, by collecting from a Town Council or other person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following amounts:

one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;

$2,000.(3) On payment by a person to a Town Council or public officer, as the case may be, of a sum of money under subsection (1) or (2), no further proceedings shall be taken against that person in respect of the offence.”.