s 34 Civil penalties
34.—(1) The competent authority may require a person to pay a penalty for the grant of any written permission for —(a) any development of land; (b) any works within a conservation area; or (c) any subdivision of land, in respect of which there appears to the competent authority that an offence has been committed, whether or not proceedings have been instituted against any person for an offence under section 12. (2) Such a penalty must not exceed the lower of the following:(a) 50 times the fee prescribed for an application for planning permission, conservation permission or subdivision permission, as the case may be; (b) $150,000. (3) The certificate of the competent authority as to the penalty to be imposed under this section is conclusive of the amount. (4) No further proceedings are to be instituted or taken against any person for an offence under section 12 once the penalty has been paid.