Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Enforcement and Miscellaneous
34. Composition of offences
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Subject to subsection (4), the Chief Executive or any person authorised by the Chief Executive in writing may compound any offence 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:
Chief Executive
“Chief Executive” means the person appointed under section 15 of the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001 to be the Chief Executive of the Authority;
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
$5,000.
On payment of the sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.
Where the person reasonably suspected of having committed an offence under this Act was an under‑aged person at the time of the alleged offence (called the under‑aged offender), the offence may be compounded if the under‑aged offender and the parents or guardian of the under‑aged offender first attend counselling at any place that the Chief Executive may specify.
under-aged person
“under-aged person” means —(a)for 12 months after the date prescribed, an individual who is below 19 years of age;(b)for 12 months after the end of the period in paragraph (a), an individual who is below 20 years of age; and(c)at any time after the end of the period in paragraph (b), an individual who is below 21 years of age;