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298 Application of penalties All penalties imposed on a person in a proceeding for an offence against this Act or against any regulation or by-law made under this Act must, when recovered, be paid to and applied to the purposes of the Authority by or on behalf of whom the proceeding was brought. S. 299 amended by Nos 121/1994 s. 189(5)(a), 17/2012 s. 59(1).

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