7(1)Sums received by local weights and measures authorities pursuant to monetary penalties imposed under this Schedule must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(2)But before paying such sums into the Consolidated Fund a local weights and measures authority may deduct—
(a)the costs of investigating offences to which monetary penalties imposed by the authority under this Schedule relate, and
(b)the costs of imposing the penalties.
(3)The Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland may, before paying sums received by the Department pursuant to monetary penalties imposed under this Schedule into the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland, deduct—
(a)the costs of investigating offences to which monetary penalties imposed by the Department under this Schedule relate, and
(b)the costs of imposing the penalties.