- (c) impose a financial penalty not exceeding $1 million.
(8) If an exempt operator fails to pay in full, by the due date for payment, a financial penalty imposed under subsection (4) or (7), the Minister may, by written notice, suspend (for not more than 6 months) that exempt operator’s certificate of exemption without giving the exempt operator a further opportunity to make written representations.
(9) The revocation or suspension of any certificate of exemption under this section shall not prejudice the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against the exempt operator or former exempt operator, or by the exempt operator or former exempt operator of any right or claim against any person.
(10) If any financial penalty imposed under subsection (4) or (7) in respect of an exempt operator or any part thereof is not paid in full by the due date for payment, interest at the prescribed rate is to be payable by the exempt operator concerned on the outstanding amount of the financial penalty, and the Government may recover as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction the amount that has become due and payable but has not been paid.
PART 6
MISCELLANEOUS
Designation of persons by Minister
31.—(1) The Minister may designate any of the persons specified in subsection (2)—
- (a) to hear and determine in his or her place any appeal or a specific appeal under section 23;
- (b) to refer any appeal or a specific appeal to an Appeals Advisory Committee under section 24(1); or
- (c) to exercise all or any of the Minister’s powers conferred by Part 5,
and any reference to the Minister in section 23 or 24(1), or the relevant provision in Part 5, includes a reference to the person so designated.
