Part 9
Offences, penalties, infringement offences, and legal
proceedings
Offences:
Offences committed by members and officers of local
authorities
235Offences by members of local authorities and local boards
Every person who contravenes section 54C or 54D(1) or (2) or clause 1(3), clause 2(6), or clause 14(1) of Schedule 7 commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to the penalty set out in section 242(2).Fines recovered by the Secretary in proceedings instituted under section 54C or 54D(1) or (2) or clause 1(3), clause 2(6), or clause 14(1) of Schedule 7 must be paid into a Crown Bank Account.
Despite subsection (1), a person does not commit an offence if the person contravenes clause 1(3) of Schedule 7 while detained in a hospital under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment Treatment) Act 1992.
Compare
- 1974 No 66 ss 101X(3), 101Y(6), 101Z(2), 114U(3)
Notes
- Section 235 heading: amended, on , by section 64 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).
- Section 235(1): amended, on , by section 6(1) of the Local Government (Pecuniary Interests Register) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 24).
- Section 235(1): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
- Section 235(2): amended, on , by section 6(2) of the Local Government (Pecuniary Interests Register) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 24).
- Section 235(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 65R(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44).