Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Subject to sub-section (2) and any other Act, if an infringement notice is not withdrawn and the infringement penalty and any prescribed costs are paid within the period specified in the notice or late payment is accepted in accordance with section 15, the person on whom the notice was served has expiated the offence by that payment.
(2) In the case of an infringement notice involving additional steps, a person has expiated the offence when—
(a) the infringement penalty and any prescribed costs are paid within the period specified in the notice or late payment is accepted in accordance with section 15; and
(b) the additional steps are complied with as required by the Act or regulations that create the offence.
(3) An infringement penalty paid under this Part must be applied in the same way as a fine paid under an order of a court made on an offender being convicted or found guilty of the offence to which the infringement penalty relates.