Victorian Numbered Acts

FINES REFORM AND INFRINGEMENTS ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO. 29 OF 2016) - SECT 72

After section 41 of the Infringements Act 2006 insert —

        " 41A     Extension of time for commencement of proceedings if work and development permit cancelled

    (1)     This section applies to the following—

        (a)     a lodgeable infringement offence in respect of which details of the infringement penalty and prescribed costs have not been lodged under section 54 ;

        (b)     a non-lodgeable infringement offence;

        (c)     an infringement offence for which an infringement notice was served on a child in respect of which the infringement penalty and any prescribed costs have not been registered with the Children's Court under clause 4 of Schedule 3 to the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 .

    (2)     If a work and development permit has been cancelled under section 27E in respect of an offence to which this section applies, the period during which a proceeding for the alleged offence may be commenced by an enforcement agency is extended by 6 months after the date of cancellation of the work and development permit.

    (3)     Subsection (2) has effect despite section 7(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 or any other provision of any Act or other instrument providing for the period during which any proceeding must be commenced for an offence alleged to have been committed.".