Private Aged Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 2018 · Updated to 29 Mar 2017 · Part IX · General
52. Compounding of offences
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approval
“approval” means an approval granted under subsection 9(1) to provide a private aged healthcare facilities and services and
any offence under this Act and any regulations made under the Act that may be compounded;
the criteria for compounding such offence; and
the method and procedure for compounding such offence.
The Director General may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act or any regulations made under this
Act, and prescribed to be a compoundable offence by making a written offer to the person suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the
prescribed
“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by regulations made under this Act;
Director General of an amount of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of the maximum fine for that offence within such time as may be specified in his written offer.
An offer under subsection (2) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed but before any prosecution for it has been instituted.
If the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer or such extended period as the
Director General may allow, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.
Where an offence has been compounded under this section, no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made, and any document or thing seized in connection with the offence may be released by the Director General, subject to such conditions as the Director General thinks fit.