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Conservation Act 1987

Infringement offences - Procedural matters

51Z: Payment of infringement fees

You could also call this:

"Paying a fine for breaking a conservation rule"

If you pay an infringement fee for an infringement offence, the money must go into a Crown Bank Account. You have to pay this fee when you break a conservation rule. The fee is used by the government, and it is paid into a special bank account that belongs to the Crown.

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Part 6AInfringement offences
Procedural matters

51ZPayment of infringement fees

  1. All infringement fees paid in respect of infringement offences must be paid into a Crown Bank Account.

Notes
  • Section 51Z: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).