s 131 Composition of offences
131.—(1) The Commissioner may compound any offence under this Act that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following amounts:(a) one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence; (b) $5,000.[35/2017] (2) The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded. (3) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.[35/2017] (4) The Commissioner, and any other officer appointed under section 3(3) to exercise the powers conferred on the Commissioner under this section, are, in relation to the administration, collection and enforcement of payment of composition sums under this section, each taken to be a public officer for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966; and section 20 of that Act applies to the Commissioner and other officer even though he or she is not or was not in the employment of the Government.[35/2017]