Continuing offences
365A Continuing offences
A person is guilty of a continuing offence for each day a contravention of a legal requirement continues if—
the contravention of the legal requirement is an offence against this Act or the regulations, and
a penalty for a continuing offence is included for the offence.
Note—
A provision with a Tier 1 or 2 penalty includes a penalty for a continuing offence.
The person continues to be required to comply with the legal requirement despite a time specified for compliance having passed.
The continuing offence ceases if—
the legal requirement is complied with, or
for a legal requirement imposed by a notice—the notice is revoked or otherwise ceases to apply.
In this section—
legal requirement means a requirement imposed by the following that requires a person to do or stop doing something—
this Act,
a notice or direction given under this Act or the regulations,
a condition of a licence or approval.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Gumly Gumly Private Irrigation District Board of Management (General) By-law 1997 · Regulation
- Hay Private Irrigation District Board of Management (Water Rights) By-law 1999 · Regulation
- Moira Board of Management (General) By-law 1989 · Regulation
8 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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