Control of Plants Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Miscellaneous
47. Composition of offences
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The Director-General may compound any offence under this Act or any rules made under this Act which is prescribed as an offence which may be compounded by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $1,000.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General, Plant Health appointed under section 3(1);
The Minister may prescribe the offences which may be compounded.
Where an offence is compounded under this Act or any rules made under this Act, any article seized must be forfeited to the Board.
Board
“Board” means the National Parks Board established by the repealed National Parks Act as in force before 1 July 1996 and continued by section 3 of the National Parks Board Act 1996;
All composition sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.