(2) On payment of such sum of money, no further proceedings shall be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
(3) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.
(4) All sums collected under this section shall be paid to the Authority.
Fines and financial penalties to be paid to Authority
197.—(1) All fines imposed under this Act shall be paid to the Authority.
(2) Any financial penalty payable by any person under this Act shall be paid to the Authority and recoverable by the Authority as a debt due to the Authority from that person; and the person’s liability to pay shall not be affected by his licence ceasing, for any reason, to be in force.
General exemption
198. The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, by order, exempt any person or premises or any class of persons or premises from all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to such terms or conditions as may be specified in the order.
Service of summonses and notices, etc.
199.—(1) Any summons, notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act to be given to or served on any person, and any summons issued by a court against any person in connection with any offence under this Act may be served on the person—
- (a) by delivering it to the person or to some adult member or employee of his family or household at his last known place of residence;
- (b) by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence or place of business in an envelope addressed to the person;
- (c) by sending it by registered post addressed to the person at his usual or last known place of residence or place of business; or
- (d) in the case of an incorporated company, a partnership or a body of persons—
