Road Transport (Offences) Regulation 2005

The following information is prescribed:

a unique identifying number;

a short description of the infringement notice offence, as set out in schedule 1 (Short descriptions, penalties and demerit points), (or the law and provision of the law contravened by the person), including the place where the offence was committed and the date and approximate time of the offence;

the unique identifying number of the infringement notice;

the date the infringement notice was issued;

the date the reminder notice is issued;

the identifying particulars of the authorised person giving the reminder notice;

a statement to the effect that—

the infringement notice penalty has not been paid; and

the person must do a thing mentioned in the Act, section 28 (2) within 28 days after the reminder notice is served;

that the infringement notice has not been withdrawn;

if the infringement notice was served under the Act, section 24 (2) (Infringement notices)—that the administering authority has not received an infringement notice declaration from the person for the offence;

that written notice disputing liability has not been received by the administering authority from the person for the offence;

that the infringement notice penalty has been increased by the amount payable by the person for the cost of serving the reminder notice;

the infringement notice penalty now payable for the offence;

a statement telling the person that, within the required time after the reminder notice is served on the person, the person may do 1 of the following things (a reminder notice response):

pay the infringement notice penalty now payable for the offence;

apply to the administering authority for—

an infringement notice management plan or, if the person has an infringement notice management plan, the addition of the infringement notice penalty to the plan; or

waiver of the infringement notice penalty;

give the administering authority an infringement notice declaration for the offence;

dispute liability for the offence;

apply to the administering authority for additional time to do the thing;

a statement that the notice may be withdrawn at any time;

a statement to the effect that, if the person pays the infringement notice penalty within the required time or a discharge action happens—

any liability of the person for the offence is discharged; and

the person will not be prosecuted for the offence; and

the person will not be taken to have been convicted of the offence;

a statement to the effect that, if the person wants to dispute liability for the offence—

for a heavy vehicle infringement notice offence—a proceeding may be brought against the person under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT); or

in any other case—the issue may be referred to the Magistrates Court;

a statement to the effect that, if a proceeding or issue mentioned in paragraph (p) had been brought or referred, the person may be—

convicted of the offence; and

ordered to pay a penalty and costs; and

subject to other court orders;

a statement to the effect that if the person does not pay the infringement notice penalty or dispute liability for the offence within the required time, or a discharge action does not happen—

the person may be prosecuted for the offence; or

if the offence involved a registrable or rail vehicle—enforcement action may be taken under the Act, division 3.4 (Enforcement procedures);

any additional information the administering authority considers appropriate.

The reminder notice must also contain the following information:

how the person may pay the infringement notice penalty or dispute liability for the offence;

how the person may apply for—

an infringement notice management plan or, if the person has an infringement notice management plan, the addition of the infringement notice penalty to the plan; or

waiver of the infringement notice penalty;

how the person may apply for additional time to—

pay the infringement notice penalty; or

apply for either of the following:

an infringement notice management plan or, if the person has an infringement notice management plan, the addition of the infringement notice penalty to the plan;

waiver of the infringement notice penalty; or

dispute liability for the offence;

if the offence involved a registrable or rail vehicle—

how many demerit points the person will incur if the person pays the infringement notice penalty or is convicted of the offence, or if a discharge action happens; and

general information about the enforcement procedures under the Act, division 3.4; and

a statement that, in a proceeding against the responsible person for a registrable or rail vehicle for an infringement notice offence involving the vehicle, the responsible person is presumed to be the individual in possession or control of the vehicle at the time of the offence, unless the contrary is proved by the responsible person; and

a statement that the responsible person for the vehicle has an obligation to take all reasonable steps under the Act, part 3 to assist the administering authority to identify and locate the individual who the responsible person asserts was in possession or control of the vehicle at the time of the offence; and

general information about the Act, division 3.3 (Infringement notice offences involving registrable and rail vehicles); and

information about how the person may make and give the administering authority an infringement notice declaration under that division; and

if the offence is detected by a traffic offence detection device—information about how to inspect and obtain a copy of the image taken by the traffic offence detection device.

In this section:

28 days after the day the reminder notice for the offence was served; or

any additional time allowed under the Act, section 29 (Extension of time to do things); or

if an application for an extension of time was refused under the Act, section 29, the later of the following:

7 days after the day the person is given written notice of the refusal;

28 days after the date of issue of the reminder notice.