Administrative fees, fines and fixed penalties
115(1)All administrative fees payable under subsection 46(1.1) that are received under this Act and all fines received under this Act shall be forwarded to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board.
115(2)Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5), all fixed penalties received under this Act shall be forwarded to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board.
115(3)When payment of a fixed penalty recovered for the breach of a by-law of a local government is accepted under this Act by the local government, the local government shall retain the fixed penalty.
115(4)Where payment of a fixed penalty is accepted under this Act by Service New Brunswick, Service New Brunswick shall retain that portion of the fixed penalty representing the administrative fee referred to in paragraph 14(5)(
d) or 16.8(3)(
d) and shall
(a)
in the case of a fixed penalty recovered for the breach of a by-law of a local government, forward the remainder of the fixed penalty to the local government, and
(b)
in any other case, forward the remainder of the fixed penalty to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board.
115(5)When payment of a fixed penalty recovered for the breach of a by-law of a local government is accepted under this Act by a person other than Service New Brunswick or the local government,
(a)
the fixed penalty shall be forwarded to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board, who shall retain that portion of the fixed penalty representing the administrative fee referred to in paragraph 14(5)(
d) or 16.8(3)(
d) and pay the remainder of the fixed penalty to the local government, or
(b)
the portion of the fixed penalty representing the administrative fee referred to in paragraph 14(5)(
d) or 16.8(3)(
d) shall be forwarded to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and the remainder of the fixed penalty shall be forwarded to the local government directly.
1990, c.18, s.62; 2005, c.7, s.64; 2007, c.33, s.6; 2008, c.29, s.8; 2017, c.20, s.144; 2017, c.58, s.18; 2019, c.29, s.130