Continuing offences
100 Continuing offences
A person who is guilty of an offence because the person contravenes a direction or other requirement made by or under this Act or the regulations (whether the direction or other requirement is imposed by a notice or otherwise) to do or cease to do something (whether or not within a specified period or before a particular time)—
continues, until the direction or other requirement is complied with and despite the fact that any specified period has expired or time has passed, to be liable to comply with the direction or other requirement, and
is guilty of a continuing offence for each day the contravention continues.
This section does not apply to an offence if the relevant provision of this Act or the regulations does not provide for a penalty for a continuing offence.
This section does not apply to the extent that a direction or other requirement is revoked.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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