Section 83: Compounding of offences
This section is inserted by Finance Act 2021, section 27.
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
83. Compounding of offences
(1) The Council may, with the consent of the Director
of Public Prosecutions, compound any offence committed
by a person where the person agrees, in writing, to pay such
(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:81)(cid:82)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:72)(cid:91)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:91)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:191)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3)
offence as may be acceptable to the Council.
(2) An agreement under subsection (1) shall be in
writing and signed on behalf of the Council and by the person
agreeing to the compounding.
(3) Every agreement to compound an offence
(cid:86)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:191)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:79)usive and on payment of the agreed
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amount, no further action shall be taken, with respect to the
offence compounded, against the person who agreed to the
compounding.
(4) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions does
not give his consent to compound an offence or a person does
not agree to compound an offence, the Council may, with the
consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions, refer the case
to the Police for legal proceedings.
(5) The Council may cause to be published, in
such form and manner as it may determine, a public notice
setting out the particulars of the amount agreed upon under
subsection (1).