31CProceedings against successors to public bodies

31C Proceedings against successors to public bodies

(1) In this section, public body means—

(a) a body corporate representing the Crown; or

(b) a State owned enterprise or reorganising body (within the meaning of the State Owned Enterprises Act 1992); or

S. 31(1)(c) amended by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 35).

(c) a Council (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2020); or

(d) a public entity (within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004).

(2) Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations that were instituted against a public body before its dissolution, or that could have been instituted against a public body if not for its dissolution, may be continued or instituted against its successor if the successor is a public body.

(3) An infringement notice served on a public body for an offence against this Act or the regulations is taken to be an infringement notice served on its successor if the successor is a public body.

(4) Similarly, any penalty paid by a public body in respect of an infringement notice is taken to be a penalty paid by its successor if the successor is a public body.