Acts and Regulations

P-22.1 - Provincial Offences Procedure Act

Section 16.8
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Payment of a fixed penalty
2017, c.58, s.2
16.8(1)A defendant who does not wish to dispute the charge set out in a violation ticket or plead guilty to the charge and make submissions respecting the portion of the fixed penalty representing the surcharge payable under the Victims Services Act may pay, within the period prescribed under section 16.7, the fixed penalty
(a) at any address or office of Service New Brunswick,
(b) electronically on the Internet site maintained by Service New Brunswick, or
(c) by telephone, by calling Service New Brunswick TeleServices.
16.8(2)Despite subsection (1),
(a) the person who served the violation ticket may accept payment of a fixed penalty when the ticket is served, and
(b) a peace officer may accept payment of a fixed penalty later than the period prescribed under section 16.7 if a copy of the violation ticket has not been filed with the ticket reviewer.
16.8(3)The amount of the fixed penalty payable shall be the sum of
(a) the minimum fine set for the offence charged,
(b) any other additional fine or money penalty required to be imposed under an Act,
(c) the surcharge under the Victims Services Act, if any is payable, and
(d) the administrative fee prescribed by regulation.
16.8(4)Payment of the fixed penalty by the defendant in accordance with this section relieves the defendant of the duty to appear in court.
16.8(5)When a fixed penalty has been paid, the defendant shall be deemed for all purposes
(a) to have been convicted of the offence charged in the violation ticket,
(b) to have been fined the amount set out in the violation ticket, and
(c) to have paid that fine in full.
2017, c.58, s.2; 2019, c.4, s.11