Infringement notices
42B Infringement notices
An authorised officer may serve an infringement notice on any person who the officer has reason to believe has committed an offence against this Act or the regulations that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.
An offence referred to in subsection (1) for which an infringement notice may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006.
The infringement penalty for an offence prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) is the prescribed infringement penalty.
In this section authorised officer means—
S. 42B(4)(a) amended by No. 38/2017 s. 92.
a person appointed under section 142 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012;
S. 42B(4)(b) substituted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 145.2).
a police officer;
a person authorised in writing by the Director.
S. 42C inserted by No. 19/2025 s. 63.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Retirement Villages (Contractual Arrangements) Regulations 2017 · under sections 43, 44A and 44B
- Retirement Villages Regulations 2026 · under sections 43 and 44B
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