Limit on monetary penalty
230 Limit on monetary penalty
(1) No monetary penalty may be imposed against a licensee or race club for a contravention of this Act if:
(a) the licensee or race club is issued an infringement notice in relation to that contravention; or
(b) the licensee or race club is being prosecuted for an offence in relation to that contravention.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a monetary penalty may be imposed by the Commission against a licensee or race club specified in subsection (1) if:
the infringement notice is withdrawn; or
the prosecution is discontinued.
(3) The Director or Commission must consider any penalty imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction on a licensee or race club when taking disciplinary action against a licensee or race club.
In this section:
infringement notice means a notice prescribed by regulation served on a person alleged to have committed an offence for the payment of a prescribed amount instead of a penalty imposed for the offence.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
, prescribed amount
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statementSecond reading speech
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