S. 86(1) substituted by No. 4/2000 s. 8(1), amended by Nos 21/2005 s. 58(1)(b), 32/2006 s. 85(4)(a), 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 26.1(a)), 47/2014 s. 284(2).
(1) The procedure set out in the Infringements Act 2006 or the Fines Reform Act 2014 or in Schedule 3 to the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 may be used instead of commencing a proceeding against—
(a) a person for an offence against section 73(1) of this Act; or
S. 86(1)(b) amended by No. 70/2016 s. 45.
(b) a relevant agency (other than the enforcement agency) for an offence against section 92(1) or (3) of this Act.
S. 86(2) amended by Nos 21/2005 s. 58(1)(c), 32/2006 s. 85(4)(b), 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 26.1(b)), 47/2014 s. 284(3).
(2) The Infringements Act 2006 , the Fines Reform Act 2014 or the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 , as the case may be, as modified by subsection (4), applies for the purposes of subsection (1).
S. 86(3) amended by No. 4/2000 s. 8(2), substituted by No. 32/2006 s. 85(5), repealed by No. 47/2014 s. 284(4).
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S. 86(4) inserted by No. 21/2005 s. 58(2), amended by No. 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 26.1(c)(i)).
(4) The Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 applies as if—
S. 86(4)(a) amended by No. 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 26.1 (c)(ii)).
(a) an infringement notice under this Part were an infringement notice within the meaning of Schedule 3 to that Act;
(b) an offence referred to in subsection (1) were a prescribed offence within the meaning of that Schedule;
(c) the prescribed penalty for the offence stated in the infringement notice were the infringement penalty for the purposes of that Schedule.