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Resource Management Act 1991

Declarations, enforcement, and ancillary powers - Infringement offences

343D: Entitlement to infringement fees

You could also call this:

"Who keeps the money when you pay a fine for breaking a rule?"

If you get an infringement notice from a local authority, they get to keep the infringement fee you pay. This is because the notice was issued by an enforcement officer who works for that local authority. You pay the fee to them.

However, if the notice was issued by an enforcement officer appointed by the EPA, the fee must be paid into a Crown Bank Account. This means the money goes to the government, not the local authority. The infringement fee is still paid by you.

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Part 12Declarations, enforcement, and ancillary powers
Infringement offences

343DEntitlement to infringement fees

  1. A local authority shall be entitled to retain all infringement fees received by it in respect of infringement offences where the infringement notice was issued by an enforcement officer of that authority.

  2. However, any infringement fee relating to an infringement notice issued by an enforcement officer appointed by the EPA must be paid into a Crown Bank Account.

Notes
  • Section 343D(1): inserted, on , by section 18 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
  • Section 343D(2): inserted, on , by section 95 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).