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INFRINGEMENTS REGULATIONS 2016 - REG 17

Penalty reminder notice

For the purposes of section 29(5) of the Act, the prescribed details that a penalty reminder notice must contain are the following—

        (a)     that it is a penalty reminder notice;

        (b)     the date of the penalty reminder notice;

        (c)     the name and address (if known) of the person served with the infringement notice;

        (d)     the name of the enforcement agency;

        (e)     the enforcement agency identifying reference of the penalty reminder notice;

        (f)     subject to paragraph (g), either—

              (i)     the name of the issuing officer; or

              (ii)     the enforcement agency identifying reference of the issuing officer;

        (g)     in the case of a penalty reminder notice issued or served on behalf of the Traffic Camera Office, the title or name of the issuing officer;

        (h)     the date and approximate time and place of the infringement offence alleged to have been committed;

Reg. 17(i) amended by S.R. No. 130/2017 reg. 14(a).

              (i)     the infringement penalty and any penalty reminder notice fee owing;

Reg. 17(j) amended by S.R. No. 130/2017 reg. 14(b).

        (j)     the manner in which the infringement penalty and any penalty reminder notice fee may be paid;

Reg. 17(k) amended by S.R. No. 130/2017 reg. 14(c).

        (k)     that the infringement penalty and any penalty reminder notice fee must be paid by a specified due date;

        (l)     that the person may elect to have the matter heard and determined in the Court, or, in the case of a child, in the Children's Court, unless the penalty reminder notice is in respect of an infringement offence to which any of the following provisions apply—

              (i)     sections 89A to 89D of the Road Safety Act 1986 ;

              (ii)     section 95 of the Transport (Safety Schemes Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2014 ;

              (iii)     sections 61A and 61BA of the Marine (Drug, Alcohol and Pollution Control) Act 1988 ;

Reg. 17(m) amended by S.R. No. 130/2017 reg. 14(d)(i).

        (m)     that failure to pay the infringement penalty and a penalty reminder notice fee by the specified due date may result in further enforcement action being taken and further costs being incurred under—

Reg. 17(m)(i) amended by S.R. No. 130/2017 reg. 14(d)(ii).

              (i)     the Act and the Fines Reform Act 2014 ; or

              (ii)     in the case of a child, Schedule 3 to the  Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 ;

        (n)     that the person served with the infringement notice, or a person acting on that person's behalf, may apply to have the decision to serve the infringement notice internally reviewed by the enforcement agency under the Act, unless the infringement notice is in respect of an infringement offence to which any of the following provisions apply—

              (i)     sections 89A to 89D of the Road Safety Act 1986 ;

              (ii)     section 95 of the Transport (Safety Schemes Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2014 ;

              (iii)     sections 61A and 61BA of the Marine (Drug, Alcohol and Pollution Control) Act 1988 ;

Reg. 17(o) amended by S.R. No. 130/2017 reg. 14(e).

        (o)     that the person served with the infringement notice may be eligible for a payment plan under section 46 of the Act or a payment arrangement under Part 5 of the Fines Reform Act 2014 ;

        (p)     that further information including information relating to eligibility for payment plans and applying for internal review can be obtained from at least one of the following—

              (i)     a nominated telephone number;

              (ii)     a designated address;

              (iii)     the enforcement agency's website address;

Reg. 17(q) substituted by S.R. No. 130/2017 reg. 14(f).

        (q)     a statement that if the person served with the penalty reminder notice does not understand the document, the person may obtain information from, as the case requires—

              (i)     the Director; or

              (ii)     the Registrar of the Children's Court;

Reg. 17(r) inserted by S.R. No. 130/2017 reg. 14(f).

        (r)     a statement that if the person served with the penalty reminder notice does not understand the document, the person should seek advice from—

              (i)     a lawyer; or

              (ii)     Victoria Legal Aid.

Pt 6 (Heading and reg. 18) revoked by S.R. No. 101/2016 reg. 5.

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