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235EA: Infringement fine
or “The highest fine for breaking a rule is twice the normal fee.”
You could also call this:

“When you pay a fine for breaking a rule at work, the money goes to the government.”

When you pay an infringement fee, the money goes into a special bank account called the Crown Bank Account. This account is used by the government to hold money. All the infringement fees that people pay must go into this account. It doesn’t matter who collects the fee or what type of infringement it is for; the money always ends up in the Crown Bank Account.

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or “You can't be fined twice for doing the same wrong thing at work.”
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Part 11 General provisions
Infringement offences

235FPayment of infringement fee

  1. All infringement fees received must be paid into a Crown Bank Account.

Notes
  • Section 235F: inserted, on , by section 36 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).