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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 189
Proceedings for offences
189 Proceedings for offences
(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Act or the regulations may be dealt
with-- (a) summarily before the Local Court, or
(b) summarily before the Land
and Environment Court.
(1A) The maximum pecuniary penalty that the Local
Court may impose in respect of an offence against this Act or the regulations
is 200 penalty units (including any daily penalty, any additional penalty as
provided by section 98, 99, 118 or 118A or any further penalty for a second or
subsequent offence) or the maximum penalty provided by this Act or the
regulations in respect of the offence, whichever is the lesser.
(2) Where the
penalty is a daily penalty it may be recovered either under a separate court
attendance notice, summons or application for each day or under a court
attendance notice, summons or application for the sum of the daily penalties.
(3) Where any person is convicted of an offence against this Act or the
regulations and the Judge or Magistrate before whom the person was convicted
makes an order under the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 for the payment by the
defendant of costs, those costs shall be paid into the Fund.
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