Section 52
Composition of offences
of Building and Construction Authority Act 1999
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Section 52
(1)
The Chief Executive or any officer of the Authority duly authorised by the Chief Executive to do so may compound any offence under this Act which 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:
(a)
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
(b)
$5,000.
(2)
On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
(3)
All sums collected under this section must be paid to the Authority.[34C