Person may elect to have matter heard in Court or Children's Court
211 Person may elect to have matter heard in Court or Children's Court
S. 211(1) amended by No. 59/2017 s. 94.
For section 16(1) of the Infringements Act 2006 substitute—
"(1) Unless subsection (1A) applies, a person served with an infringement notice may elect to have the matter of the infringement offence heard and determined in the Court at any time before the outstanding amount of the infringement penalty, together with any penalty reminder notice fee are registered with the Director under the Fines Reform Act 2014.
A person served with an infringement notice in respect of a non-registrable infringement offence may elect to have the matter of the infringement offence heard and determined in the Court at any time before the expiry of the period for commencing a proceeding in relation to the offence to which the infringement notice relates.".
In section 16(3) of the Infringements Act 2006—
for "subsection (1)" substitute "subsections (1) and (1A)";
for "bringing" substitute "commencing".
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