Magistrates Court (Litter Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004

A police officer or an authorised person under the Litter Act 2004, section 14 (Appointment of authorised people) may serve the following:

an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the Litter Act 2004;

a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the Litter Act 2004.

Schedule 1 Litter Act 2004 infringement notice offences and penalties

(see s 7 and s 8)

column 1

item

column 2

provision and, if relevant, case

column 3

offence penalty

column 4

infringement penalty ($)

1

8 (1)

1.1

 if the litter is a ticket, voucher or receipt, a confectionary wrapper, cigarette packet or a similarly small item

10

150

1.2

 any other litter

10

300

2

8 (2)

10

300

3

8 (3)

10

300

4

9 (2)

50

500

5

9B

5.1

 level 1—1L or more of litter but less than 10L

20

500

5.2

 level 2—10L or more of litter but less than 200L

35

1 000

5.3

 level 3—200L or more of litter

50

1 500

6

10 (1)

50

500

7

11 (1)

50

1 500

8

11 (2)

50

1 500

9

11A

20

500

10

13 (1)

20

200

11

13 (3)

20

200

12

20 (3)

20

300

13

21 (5)

20

300

14

24D (3)

10

150

15

24E (1)

10

200

16

24F (3)

10

20

17

24N (1)

5

60

18

24Q (1)

20

300

Schedule 2 Litter Act 2004 vehicle-related offences

(see s 7A)

column 1

item

column 2

vehicle-related offences

1

8 (1)

2

8 (2)

3

8 (3)

4

9 (2)

5

9B (1)

6

9B (2)

7

10 (1)

8

11 (1)

9

11 (2)

Dictionary

(see s 2)

Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.

Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

 corporation

 Corporations Act

 director-general (see s 163)

 individual.

Note 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example, the following terms are defined in the Magistrates Court Act 1930, dict:

 administering authority

 authorised person

 infringement notice

 infringement notice offence

 reminder notice.

level—see the Litter Act 2004, section 7A.

litter—see the Litter Act 2004, section 7.