Notice of proposed application to Local Court
117ABW Notice of proposed application to Local Court
(1) The CEO must not apply for a civil order unless the CEO serves on the person to whom the application relates a notice of the CEO's intention to make the application.
The notice must:
be in the approved form; and
(b) specify the maximum amount that the person may be ordered to pay as a civil penalty; and
(c) include a statement advising the person that the person may elect to be prosecuted for the relevant contravention by written notice given to the CEO within the time specified in the notice.
The time specified in the notice must not be less than 30 days.
(4) The CEO must not apply for a civil order in relation to a contravention if the person serves a written notice on the CEO, within the time specified in the notice under subsection (2), electing to be prosecuted for the contravention.
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