Clause 5

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) Subject to subsection (3), 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:

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

$5,000.(1A) On payment of such sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.”; and

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) 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 such place as the Chief Executive may specify.”.