Purpose and effect of this Division
55F Purpose and effect of this Division
The purpose of this Division is to provide for the issue of an infringement notice to a person for an alleged contravention of section 55B as an alternative to proceedings for an order under section 76 for the payment of a pecuniary penalty.
This Division does not:
require an infringement notice to be issued to a person for an alleged contravention of section 55B; or
affect the liability of a person to proceedings under section 76 in relation to an alleged contravention of section 55B if:
an infringement notice is not issued to the person for the contravention; or
an infringement notice issued to the person for the contravention is withdrawn under section 55N; or
prevent a court from imposing a higher penalty than the penalty specified in the infringement notice if the person does not comply with the notice.
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