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CASINO CONTROL ACT 1992 - SECT 168A
Penalty notices
168A Penalty notices
(1) An authorised officer may issue a penalty notice to a person if it appears
to the officer that the person has committed a penalty notice offence.
(2) A
penalty notice offence is an offence against this Act or the regulations that
is prescribed by the regulations as a penalty notice offence.
(3) The Fines
Act 1996 applies to a penalty notice issued under this section. Note : The
Fines Act 1996 provides that, if a person issued with a penalty notice does
not wish to have the matter determined by a court, the person may pay the
amount specified in the notice and is not liable to any further proceedings
for the alleged offence.
(4) However-- (a) section 22A (1) of the Fines Act
1996 does not apply in relation to disciplinary action under section 23 or 59
of this Act, and
(b) despite section 22A (2) of the Fines Act 1996 , when an
amount is paid under this section in respect of a penalty notice issued to a
person, the person is-- (i) for the purposes of section 23 of this Act--taken
to have contravened the provision of this Act to which the penalty notice
relates, or
(ii) for the purposes of section 59 of this Act--taken to have
been convicted of the offence to which the penalty notice relates.
(5) The
amount payable under a penalty notice issued under this section is the amount
prescribed for the alleged offence by the regulations (not exceeding the
maximum amount of penalty that could be imposed for the offence by a court).
(6) This section does not limit the operation of any other provision of, or
made under, this or any other Act relating to proceedings that may be taken in
respect of offences.
(7) In this section,
"authorised officer" means a police officer or an inspector.
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