Clause 29

A person authorised by the Minister may compound any offence under this Act (except Part 2A) that is prescribed as a compoundable offence —

by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:

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

$2,000; and

by requiring the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence to do, or to refrain from doing, such things as may be specified in an offer of composition (called conditions of composition) by the authorised officer with the concurrence (general or specific) of the Public Prosecutor.(2) On payment of the sum of money and on full compliance with the conditions of composition, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.(3) The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the offences that may be compounded under this section.(4) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.”.