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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Discipline and offences - Discipline - Exercise of disciplinary powers

108: Enforcement of fines, costs, and expenses

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"Paying back fines and money owed to the Board"

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You can get a fine under section 106, and you may have to pay the Board money under section 107. The Board can take you to court to get this money back. The court can make you pay the fine and any other money you owe to the Board.

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108Enforcement of fines, costs, and expenses

  1. Every fine imposed under section 106, and any sum payable to the Board under section 107, is recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Board.