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Traffic Act 1925
43MApplication of penalties in respect of traffic infringement notices
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### 43M Application of penalties in respect of traffic infringement notices
> *\[Section 43M Inserted by No. 50 of 1971, s. 4 \]**\[Section 43M Amended by No. 86 of 1995, s. 13 \]*
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> > (1) [*\[Section 43M Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja131@GC3@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 43M Subsection (1) amended by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja39@GC6@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 43M Subsection (1) amended by No. 27 of 2004, s. 10, Applied:03 Dec 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-12-03/act-2004-027#GS10@Hpa@EN) Any sums paid to the Director, MPES under this Division by way of penalty shall be paid into the Public Account.
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> > (1A) *\[Section 43M Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 41 of 1987, s. 10 \]*[*\[Section 43M Subsection (1A) substituted by No. 27 of 2004, s. 10, Applied:03 Dec 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-12-03/act-2004-027#GS10@Hpb@EN) Any sums paid to a council clerk under this Division by way of prescribed penalty or pursuant to [subsection (2)](#GS43M@Gs2@EN) are the property of the council.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 43M Subsection (2) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja131@GC3@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 43M Subsection (2) amended by No. 72 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-04-28/act-2007-072#JS1@Ja39@GC6@Hpb@EN) *\[Section 43M Subsection (2) substituted by No. 41 of 1987, s. 10 \]*Where a person has been summarily convicted of an offence in respect of which a traffic infringement notice was served by an authorised officer who was an officer of a local authority, any penalty which is paid to the Director, MPES in respect of that conviction shall be paid, out of the Public Account (which, to the necessary extent, is appropriated accordingly), to the relevant local authority.
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> > (3) *\[Section 43M Subsection (3) omitted by No. 41 of 1987, s. 10 \]*. . . . . . . .