{"id":"sl-2023-26","name":"Magistrates Court (Circular Economy Infringement Notices) Regulation 2023","slug":"magistrates-court-circular-economy-infringement-notices-regulation-2023","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"26 of 2023","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173464,"registerId":"act-sl-2023-26-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Circular Economy Infringement Notices) Regulation 2023","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nSL2023-26\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 9 November 2023\nRepublication date: 16 November 2023\nRegulation not amended\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including\nany amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force\non 16 November 2023. It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this\nrepublished law.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial amendments\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n16/11/23\nMagistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Dictionary 2\n4 Notes 2\n5 Purpose of regulation 2\n6 Administering authority 3\n7 Infringement notice offences 3\n8 Infringement notice penalties 3\n9 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 3\n10 Contents of infringement notices—other information 4\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\nR1\n16/11/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n12 Authorised person for infringement notice offences 4\n13 Prescribed person—Act, s 135 (1) 4\nSchedule 1 Circular Economy Act 2023 infringement\nnotice offences and penalties 5\nDictionary 6\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 7\n2 Abbreviation key 7\n3 Legislation history 8\n4 Amendment history 8\n\nR1\n16/11/23\nMagistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\nR1\n16/11/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Magistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023.\n3 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in\nthis regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other\nterms defined elsewhere.\nFor example, the signpost definition ‘authorised person—see the\nCircular Economy Act 2023, section 24.’ means that the term ‘authorised\nperson’ is defined in that section and the definition applies to this\nregulation.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to\nthe entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the\nregulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears\n(see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).\n4 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\n5 Purpose of regulation\nThe purpose of this regulation is to provide for infringement notices\nunder the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences\nagainst the Circular Economy Act 2023.\nNote The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 provides a system of infringement\nnotices for offences against various territory laws. The infringement\nnotice system is intended to provide an alternative to prosecution.\n\nSection 6\nR1\n16/11/23\nMagistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n6 Administering authority\nThe administering authority for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Circular Economy Act 2023 is the director-general of the\nTransport Canberra and City Services Directorate.\n7 Infringement notice offences\nThe Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against\na provision of the Circular Economy Act 2023 mentioned in\nschedule 1, column 2.\n8 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nCircular Economy Act 2023, under an infringement notice for the\noffence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the\noffence.\n(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the\nCircular Economy Act 2023, under an infringement notice for the\noffence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for\nthe offence.\n(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the Circular Economy Act 2023 is $34.\n9 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised\nperson\nAn infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person\nfor an infringement notice offence against the Circular Economy\nAct 2023 must identify the authorised person by—\n(a) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or\n(b) any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised\nperson by the administering authority.\n\nSection 10\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\nR1\n16/11/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n10 Contents of infringement notices—other information\n(1) An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised person\nfor an infringement notice offence against the Circular Economy\nAct 2023 must include the company’s ACN.\nNote This requirement under this section is additional to the requirement under\nthe Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).\n(2) In this section:\ncompany means a company registered under the Corporations Act.\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised\nperson\nA reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an\ninfringement notice offence against the Circular Economy Act 2023\nmust identify the authorised person by—\n(a) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or\n(b) any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised\nperson by the administering authority.\n12 Authorised person for infringement notice offences\nAn authorised person may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Circular Economy Act 2023;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against that\nAct.\n13 Prescribed person—Act, s 135 (1)\nThe waste manager is prescribed.\n\nCircular Economy Act 2023 infringement notice offences and penalties Schedule 1\nR1\n16/11/23\nMagistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Circular Economy Act 2023\ninfringement notice offences\nand penalties\n(see s 7 and s 8)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement penalty ($)\n1 17 (1) 50 300\n2 19 (5) 20 120\n3 22 (1) 50 300\n4 23 (6) 50 300\n5 26 (2) 1 32\n6 30 (3) 5 100\n\nDictionary\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\nR1\n16/11/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 3)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions relevant to this regulation.\nFor example:\n• corporation\n• Corporations Act\n• individual.\nNote 2 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in\nthe Magistrates Court Act 1930. For example, the following terms are\ndefined in that Act, dict:\n• administering authority\n• infringement notice\n• infringement notice offence\n• infringement notice penalty\n• reminder notice.\nauthorised person—see the Circular Economy Act 2023, section 24.\nwaste manager—see the Waste Management and Resource Recovery\nAct 2016, dictionary.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n16/11/23\nMagistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 8 Magistrates Court (Circular Economy\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2023\nEffective: 09/11/23\nR1\n16/11/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Circular Economy Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2023\nnotified LR 26 October 2023\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 October 2023 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 9 November 2023 (s 2 and see Circular\nEconomy Act 2023 A2023-39, s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2023","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation maintains its original narrow purpose of establishing infringement notice procedures for the Circular Economy Act 2023. It has not expanded beyond this specific administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short regulation (13 sections plus schedule)","Only 2 defined terms in the dictionary ('authorised person' and 'waste manager'), both referencing external legislation","Simple tabular structure in Schedule 1 listing 6 offences with corresponding penalties","Minimal conditional logic—primarily straightforward prescriptions of penalties and procedural requirements","No nested exceptions or complex cross-referencing beyond standard signpost definitions","Single purpose instrument with clear scope limited to infringement notices for one specific Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation creates an on-the-spot infringement notice system for certain breaches of the ACT’s Circular Economy Act 2023, letting authorised officers issue fines without court and naming Transport Canberra and City Services to administer them; it also prescribes the waste manager for legal purposes.\n\nIt affects residents, businesses, waste operators and enforcement officers by streamlining penalties for minor waste offences to boost compliance, cut court costs, and support the territory’s waste‑reduction goals."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation confines the infringement‑notice regime to the offences listed in schedule 1 and specifies administration and notice content (s5, s7, sch 1). It does not expand or narrow those offence definitions itself; it only prescribes how selected Circular Economy Act offences are enforced via infringement notices."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑references to multiple Acts: relies on Magistrates Court Act 1930 for the infringement scheme and on the Circular Economy Act 2023 (s5, s7) and external definitions (dictionary) which require users to consult other instruments.","Penalty structure uses a fixed fine table plus a corporate multiplier (schedule 1; s8(2)), creating calculation steps for entities and enforcement officers.","Administrative designation and identification: administering authority must be identified and can issue unique numbers for authorised persons (s6, s9, s11), introducing an internal numbering/record‑keeping requirement.","Form and content requirements: specific mandatory contents for notices and reminder notices (ss9–11, s10(1)), increasing compliance burden for enforcement procedures.","Prescribed enforcement role: prescribes the waste manager as a relevant person (s13), linking to operational roles under other legislation."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation makes specific offences in the Circular Economy Act 2023 subject to the Magistrates Court Act 1930 infringement‑notice scheme, listing those offences and fixed fines (schedule 1). It implements the infringement alternative to prosecution and sets administrative and form requirements. \n\nThe director‑general of Transport Canberra and City Services administers the scheme (s6); individuals pay the listed fines and corporations pay five times that amount (s8(1)–(2)). Authorised officers must be identified and companies must have their ACN on notices (ss9–11)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-circular-economy-infringement-notices-regulation-2023","history":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-circular-economy-infringement-notices-regulation-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-circular-economy-infringement-notices-regulation-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-circular-economy-infringement-notices-regulation-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-circular-economy-infringement-notices-regulation-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-circular-economy-infringement-notices-regulation-2023/documents"}}