Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023
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Financial sanctions | ||
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15. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 22B (inserted by section 14 ): | ||
“22C. (1) A person on whom a financial sanction is imposed under section 22A shall pay the amount concerned by the date stated in the notification under subsection (6), and subject to subsections (8) and (9), of that section. | ||
(2) The Commission may recover as a simple contract debt, in any court of competent jurisdiction, any amount due and owing to the Commission in respect of a financial sanction imposed under section 22A. | ||
(3) All amounts received by the Commission under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer as the Minister directs.”. |