South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) The Court in its
Petty Sessions Division has jurisdiction—
(b) to
hear and determine any of the following charges:
(i)
a charge of any offence in respect of which an expiation
notice has been given to a person alleged to have committed the offence where
the alleged offender has elected to be prosecuted for the offence to which the
expiation notice relates;
(ii)
a charge of a prescribed offence;
(iii)
a charge of any other offence in respect of which the
maximum penalty does not exceed a fine of $2 500 or include
imprisonment (but may include disqualification from holding or obtaining a
driver's licence); and
(c) to
conduct appeals under section 23 of the Fines Enforcement and Debt
Recovery Act 2017 .
(2) In this
section—
"prescribed offence" means an offence—
(a) in
respect of which the maximum penalty does not exceed a fine of $2 500 but
does include imprisonment; and
(b) that
is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.