Infringement notice offences and fines for local laws or by-laws
7 Infringement notice offences and fines for local laws or by-laws
An offence against a provision of a local law that is not an offence against the person and for which a person may be punished by a maximum penalty of not more than 50 penalty units is an offence to which the Act applies (a local law infringement notice offence).
The fine payable for a local law infringement notice offence under an infringement notice is—
if the offence is otherwise punishable by a maximum penalty of—
not more than 0.5 penalty units—the maximum penalty; or
more than 0.5, but not more than 5, penalty units—0.5 penalty units; or
more than 5, but not more than 10, penalty units—1 penalty unit; or
more than 10, but not more than 20, penalty units—2 penalty units; or
more than 20, but not more than 30, penalty units—3 penalty units; or
more than 30, but not more than 40, penalty units—4 penalty units; or
more than 40, but not more than 50, penalty units—5 penalty units; or
if a local law provides for an amount for the fine payable for the offence that is less than the amount prescribed for the offence under paragraph (a)—the lesser amount.
An offence against a provision of a by-law that is not an offence against the person and for which a person may be punished by a maximum penalty of not more than 10 penalty units is an offence to which the Act applies (a by-law infringement notice offence).
The fine payable for a by-law infringement notice offence under an infringement notice is—
if the offence is otherwise punishable by a maximum penalty of not more than 0.5 penalty units—the maximum penalty; or
if the offence is otherwise punishable by a maximum penalty of more than 0.5, but not more than 5, penalty units—0.5 penalty units; or
if the offence is otherwise punishable by a maximum penalty of more than 5, but not more than 10, penalty units—1 penalty unit.
This section applies to a maximum penalty that is expressed as a monetary value as if the maximum penalty had been expressed as a number of penalty units (whether whole or fractional) that corresponds to the value.
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