Northern Territory Numbered Acts

FINES AND PENALTIES (RECOVERY) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024 (NO 23 OF 2024) - SECT 12

Section 48(3)

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    (3)     For the purposes of hearing and determining the matter:

    (a)     the relevant infringement notice and the notice of the making of the penalty enforcement order under Division 5 are together taken:

        (i)     to be a complaint in relation to the alleged offence; and

        (ii)     to have been filed when the notice of the making of the order was served on the fine defaulter; and

        (iii)     to have been filed by the appropriate officer who issued the infringement notice; and

    (b)     the appropriate officer mentioned in paragraph (a)(iii), or another appropriate officer nominated by that person, is taken to be the complainant.