A person who is retained under contract with the ministry of the minister responsible for the administration of the Transportation Act to collect overdue fines accounts receivable calculated under section 2 and provided for under the contract.
may be authorized to retain a fee or commission from the amounts actually collected, or
may be paid out of consolidated revenue fund a fee or commission
The amount of a commission or fee or authorized to be retained is calculated as follows:
on a first referral of the amount for collection under contract, up to 22.5% of the amount actually collected;
on a second or subsequent referral of the amount for collection under contract, up to 50% of the amount actually collected;
for searching for information and the location of the debtor or the debtor assets, up to $50.