Section 342 — Resource Management Act 1991: Fines to be paid to local authority instituting prosecution

342 Fines to be paid to local authority instituting prosecution (1) Subject to subsection (2) , where a person is convicted of an offence under section 338 and the Court imposes a fine, the Court shall, if the information for that offence was laid on behalf of a local authority, order that the fine be paid to that local authority. (2) There shall be deducted from every amount payable to a local authority under subsection (1) , a sum equal to 10 percent thereof, and this sum shall be credited to the Crown Bank Account. (3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) , where any money awarded by a Court in respect of any loss or damage is recovered as a fine, and that fine is ordered to be paid to a local authority under subsection (1) , no deduction shall be made under subsection (2) in respect of that money. (4) Subject to subsection (2) , an order of the Court made under subsection (1) shall be sufficient authority for the Registrar receiving the fine to pay that fine to the local authority entitled to it under the order. (5) Nothing in section 73 of the Public Finance Act 1989 shall apply to any fine ordered to be paid to any local authority under subsection (1) .