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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Offences - Infringement offences

221: Payment of infringement fees

You could also call this:

"Paying a fine for breaking food safety rules"

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If you get an infringement notice for a food safety offence, you must pay the fee to the organisation that issued it. This organisation is either the Ministry or a territorial authority, depending on who the food safety officer is working for. You pay the infringement fee to the same body that the food safety officer is representing when they gave you the notice.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Offences: Infringement offences

221Payment of infringement fees

  1. All infringement fees paid for infringement offences must be paid to the body—that is, the Ministry or a territorial authority—on whose behalf the food safety officer issued the infringement notice.