After section 204 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Division 6:

204A.     Infringement notice for non-compliance with abatement notice

(1)  An authorised officer of a council may issue and serve an infringement notice on a person if the authorised officer reasonably believes that the person has committed an offence against section 200(3) .

(2)  An infringement notice may not be served on an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years.

(3)  An infringement notice –

(a) is to be in accordance with section 14 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 ; and

(b) is not to relate to more than 3 offences against section 200(3) .

(4)  The penalty payable under an infringement notice for an offence against section 200(3) to which the infringement notice relates is 3 penalty units.