Magistrates Court Act 1991

The Court in its Petty Sessions Division has jurisdiction—

to hear and determine any of the following charges:

a charge of any offence in respect of which an expiation notice has been given to a person alleged to have committed the offence where the alleged offender has elected to be prosecuted for the offence to which the expiation notice relates;

a charge of a prescribed offence;

a charge of any other offence in respect of which the maximum penalty does not exceed a fine of $2 500 or include imprisonment (but may include disqualification from holding or obtaining a driver's licence); and

to conduct appeals under section 23 of the

Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery

Act 2017.

In this section—

prescribed offence means an offence—

in respect of which the maximum penalty does not exceed a fine of

$2 500 but does include imprisonment; and

that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.