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Fisheries Act 1996

Miscellaneous provisions - Provisions relating to notices

309: Power to withhold compensation where amounts owing to Crown

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"No compensation if you owe the Crown money"

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You might not get compensation if you owe the Crown money. The Crown can delay paying you compensation if you have not paid a fee or other amount you owe under the Fisheries Act 1996 or the Fisheries Act 1983. The delayed compensation payment cannot be more than the amount you owe.

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Part 16Miscellaneous provisions
Provisions relating to notices

309Power to withhold compensation where amounts owing to Crown

  1. Notwithstanding anything in section 28OL of the Fisheries Act 1983 but subject to subsection (2) of this section, if any person has failed to pay any fee or other amount (other than a fine) due by that person to the Crown under or in respect of any matter under this Act or the Fisheries Act 1983, the Crown may defer payment of any compensation payable to that person under Part 2A of that Act until the amount so due is paid.

  2. The amount of any compensation payment deferred under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount so due.