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Crown Organisations (Criminal Liability) Act 2002

Criminal liability of Crown organisations

12: Appropriation

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"Paying for mistakes using their own money"

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If a court orders a department or certain other organisations to pay reparation, compensation, a fine, or costs because they broke the law, they can pay this out of their own funds. You can find out what is meant by "department" in section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989. This means they do not need any extra approval to make the payment.

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Part 1Criminal liability of Crown organisations

12Appropriation

  1. Any reparation, compensation, fine, or costs imposed by a court on a department, an Office of Parliament, the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or the Parliamentary Service as a consequence of the prosecution of that organisation for an offence referred to in section 6 may be paid by that organisation out of its funds without further appropriation than this section.

  2. In subsection (1), department has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.

Notes
  • Section 12(1): amended, on , by section 51 of the Parliament (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 63).
  • Section 12(1): amended, on , by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).