(1) An infringement
notice is to be in the prescribed form and is to —
(a)
contain a description of the alleged offence; and
(b)
advise that if the alleged offender does not wish to be prosecuted for the
alleged offence in a court, the amount of money specified in the notice as
being the modified penalty for the offence may be paid to the CEO of the local
government within a period of 28 days after the giving of the notice; and
(c)
inform the alleged offender how and where the money may be paid.
(2) In an infringement
notice the amount specified as being the modified penalty for the offence
referred to in the notice is to be the amount that was the prescribed modified
penalty at the time the alleged offence is believed to have been committed.
(3) Unless otherwise
prescribed by regulation, the modified penalty that a local law may prescribe
for an offence is not to exceed 10% of the maximum fine that could be imposed
for that offence by a court.
[Section 9.17 amended: No. 1 of 1998 s. 24; No. 84
of 2004 s. 80; No. 26 of 2016 s. 19.]