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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Administration and enforcement - Enforcement - Pecuniary penalties

158: Pecuniary penalty order

You could also call this:

"Paying a fine if you break the rules"

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If a court thinks you have broken a rule against section 157, it can order you to pay a penalty. The court can make this order if an enforcement officer asks it to. You might have to pay this penalty to the government.

A court case about this penalty can start up to three years after the problem was found or should have been found. This means you might have to wait a while before you know what will happen. The court will decide how much you have to pay.

The penalty is like a fine that you have to pay to the government. The court will decide how much the fine is. You will get an order telling you to pay this fine, and you will have to pay it.

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Part 4Administration and enforcement
Enforcement: Pecuniary penalties

158Pecuniary penalty order

  1. A court of competent jurisdiction may, on the application of an enforcement officer, make a pecuniary penalty order against a person if satisfied that the person has committed a pecuniary penalty contravention against section 157.

  2. Proceedings under this section may be commenced within 3 years after the matter giving rise to the contravention was discovered or ought reasonably to have been discovered.

  3. A pecuniary penalty order is an order that a person must pay to the Crown a pecuniary penalty that the court determines to be appropriate (a pecuniary penalty).