Section 76
Composition of offences
of Dental Registration Act 1999
ActIn forceProvision 79 of 86
Section 76
Amended by20/202120/2021
(1)
The Council may compound any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act 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:
(a)
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence; or
(b)
$500.
Amended by20/2021
(2)
On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
(3)
The Council may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.
(4)
All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.[61B
Amended by20/2021