(1)  A traffic infringement notice or notice of demand may be served –

(a) by fixing it to the vehicle or other thing in respect of which the offence occurred; or

(b) by personal delivery; or

(c) by post.

(1AA)  Where a traffic infringement notice relates to a red light offence, speeding offence, portable device offence, seatbelt offence or registration offence and the offence has been detected by means of a photographic detection device –

(a) the notice is to be served within 21 days after the commission of the offence; and

(b) if the notice is not served within that period, no prosecution may be brought in respect of the offence.

(1AAA)  For the purposes of subsection (1AA)(b) , if a notice of demand is served within the 21-day period referred to in subsection (1AA)(a) , a traffic infringement notice is taken to have been served within that period.

(1AAB)  A traffic infringement notice to which subsection (1AA) applies or a notice of demand served under subsection (1AAA) is taken to have been effectively served on a person by post within a 21 day period if the notice is actually posted to the person before the period expires.

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(1B)  A person who removes a traffic infringement notice affixed to a vehicle or other thing under subsection (1) so that its contents do not become known to the person in charge of the vehicle is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 2 penalty units.

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