Minerals Development Act 2017

Deductions from compensation for debts

189. If under this Act the Minister is required by a decision of the Mining Board to make a payment to a person and a debt is due and owing by that person to any Minister of the Government or to the Central Fund, the Minister may deduct the amount of the debt from the payment, and may direct that the amount so deducted (as the case may require) be paid to the appropriate Minister of the Government or paid into, or disposed of, for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform directs.