Infringement notices
223 Infringement notices
A police officer may issue and serve an adult with an infringement notice if the police officer considers that the adult has committed a prescribed offence.
An infringement notice is – to be in accordance with section 14 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005; and not to relate to more than 3 prescribed offences.
For the purposes of section 14(a)(ii) of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005, the prescribed penalty for a prescribed offence is not to exceed – the penalty specified in this Act for that offence; or 25 penalty units – whichever is lower.
Any payments in respect of an infringement notice are payable into the Public Account.
In this section – adult means a natural person who has attained the age of 18 years.
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