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Fines Act 1996
22AEffect of payment under penalty notice
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#### 22A Effect of payment under penalty notice
22A Effect of payment under penalty notice
> > (1) If the full amount specified in a penalty notice for an alleged offence is paid in accordance with the notice, no person is liable to any further proceedings for the alleged offence.
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> > (2) Payment under a penalty notice is not to be regarded as an admission of liability for the purpose of, and does not in any way affect or prejudice, any civil claim, action or proceeding arising out of the same occurrence.
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> > (3) This section does not affect any disciplinary or other proceedings, or liability, to which a person is expressly subject under another Act in relation to the payment of an amount under a penalty notice.
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> **s 22A:** Ins 2016 No 39, Sch 1 \[8\].