Clause 10

by deleting subsection (8) and substituting the following subsections:“(8) The financial penalty imposed on a person under subsection (7) and any interest payable under subsection (8A) —

must be collected, and may be sued for and recovered, by the Board;

is to be treated as a debt due to the Government for the purposes of section 127 of the Bankruptcy Act (Cap. 20) and section 10 of the Government Proceedings Act (Cap. 121); and

must be paid into the Consolidated Fund upon such collection or recovery,and the person’s liability to pay is not affected by the person’s written approval under this section ceasing, for any reason, to be in force.(8A) Where the financial penalty imposed on a person under subsection (7) is not paid in full by the due date for payment (called in this section the outstanding sum), the person concerned is liable to pay interest at the prescribed rate on the outstanding sum.(8B) The Board may recover as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction, the outstanding sum and any interest payable under subsection (8A).”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (9), the following subsection:“(9A) Any decision of the Board appealed against under subsection (9) must be complied with until the determination of the appeal, except that any security or financial penalty that is the subject of the appeal need not be paid until the determination of the appeal.”.