Section 69 Payment of penalties into Consolidated Fund etcC1 C2 C3 C4 C5

(1)

Where pursuant to any provision made under or by virtue of this Part a regulator receives—

(a)

a fixed monetary penalty, a variable monetary penalty or a non-compliance penalty under section 45(1),

(b)

any interest or other financial penalty for late payment of such a penalty, or

(c)

a sum paid in discharge of liability to a fixed monetary penalty pursuant to section 40(2)(b),

the regulator must pay it into the relevant Fund.

(2)

In subsection (1) “relevant Fund” means—

(a)

in a case where the regulator has functions only in relation to Wales, the Welsh Consolidated Fund,

(b)

in a case where the regulator has functions only in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Consolidated Fund,

(c)

in a case where the regulator has functions only in relation to Northern Ireland, the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland, and

(d)

in any other case, the Consolidated Fund.

Annotations

C1: Ss. 63-69 applied (with modifications) (15.2.2011) by Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8), s. 14(4)(5)21(2)
C2: Ss. 63-69 applied (with modifications) (15.2.2011) by Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8), s. 10(4)(5)21(2)
C3: Ss. 63-69 modified (26.11.2018) by Space Industry Act 2018 (c. 5), ss. 59(4), 70(1); S.I. 2018/1224, reg. 2(vv)
C4: Ss. 63-70 applied (with modifications) (7.6.2023) by The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 2), ss. 17(3)(5), 22(1)
C5: Ss. 63-70 applied (4.11.2024) by Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 3), ss. 201(3)(5), 212(2) (with Sch. 14 paras. 1-3); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(c)

C1: Pt. 3 modified (21.1.2010) by Video Recordings Act 2010 (c. 1), s. 2(2), Sch. para. 5 (with Sch. para. 2(2)6)
C2: Pt. 3 modified (18.10.2023) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), ss. 68(1), 88(3)(b); S.I. 2023/1096, art. 2(c)