{"id":"sl-2004-38","name":"Magistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004","slug":"magistrates-court-construction-occupations-infringement-notices-regulation-2004","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"38 of 2004","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173466,"registerId":"act-sl-2004-38-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Construction\nOccupations Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2004\nSL2004-38\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 4\nEffective: 10 June 2015\nRepublication date: 10 June 2015\nLast amendment made by A2015-15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel\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 (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any\namendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on\n10 June 2015. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this\nrepublished law to 10 June 2015.\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\nACT legislation 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 changes\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\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, 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 symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for\nan individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Construction\nOccupations Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2004\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Purpose of regulation 2\n4 Notes 2\n5 Meaning of construction occupations legislation 2\n6 Administering authority 2\n7 Infringement notice offences 3\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n8 Infringement notice penalties 3\n9 Contents of infringement notices—other information 3\n10 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4\n12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 4\nSchedule 1 Construction occupations legislation\ninfringement notice offences and penalties 6\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 7\n2 Abbreviation key 7\n3 Legislation history 8\n4 Amendment history 9\n5 Earlier republications 10\n\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Construction\nOccupations Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2004\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Magistrates Court (Construction Occupations\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2004.\n3 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 construction occupations legislation.\nNote The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 provides a system of\ninfringement notices for offences against various Acts. The\ninfringement notice system is intended to provide an alternative to\nprosecution.\n4 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of\nthis regulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of\nnotes.\n5 Meaning of construction occupations legislation\nIn this regulation:\nconstruction occupations legislation means the Construction\nOccupations (Licensing) Act 2004.\n6 Administering authority\nThe administering authority for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the construction occupations legislation is the construction\noccupations registrar.\n\nSection 7\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n7 Infringement notice offences\nThe Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence\nagainst a provision of the construction occupations legislation\nmentioned in schedule 1, column 2.\n8 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nconstruction occupations legislation, under an infringement notice\nfor the offence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for\nthe offence.\n(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the\nconstruction occupations legislation, under an infringement notice\nfor the offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1,\ncolumn 4 for the offence.\n(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the construction occupations legislation is $34.\n9 Contents of infringement notices—other information\nAn infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person\nfor an infringement notice offence against the construction\noccupations legislation must include—\n(a) if the person is a company registered under the Corporations\nAct—the company’s ACN; or\n(b) if the person is a partner in a partnership—the partnership’s\nname.\nNote The requirement under this section is additional to the requirement\nunder the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).\n\nSection 10\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n10 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 construction\noccupations legislation 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.\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 construction occupations\nlegislation 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.\n12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences\n(1) An inspector may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the construction occupations legislation;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against\nthe construction occupations legislation.\n(2) In this section:\ninspector means—\n(a) a building inspector under the Building Act 2004; or\n\nSection 12\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(b) a compliance auditor under the Construction Occupations\n(Licensing) Act 2004; or\n(c) an inspector under the Electricity Safety Act 1971; or\n(d) an inspector under the Gas Safety Act 2000; or\n(e) a technical inspector under the Utilities Act 2000; or\n(f) an inspector under the Water and Sewerage Act 2000.\nNote Deputy registrars under the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act\n2004 may exercise the functions of the construction occupations\nregistrar in relation to the construction occupation for which the deputy\nis appointed (see Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004,\ns 106), including the function of serving infringement notices and\nreminder notices (see Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 134A (3)).\n\nSchedule 1 Construction occupations legislation infringement notice offences and\npenalties\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Construction occupations\nlegislation infringement notice\noffences and penalties\n(see s 7 and s 8)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(pu)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty ($)\n1 81 50 1 250\n2 83 5 125\n3 84 50 1 250\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\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\nlaw but 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\ndetails of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced\nexpiries are underlined 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 (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThis regulation was originally the Magistrates Court (Construction Occupations\nInfringement Notices) Regulations 2004. It was renamed under the Legislation\nAct 2001.\nMagistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2004 SL2004-38\nnotified LR 31 August 2004\ns 1, s 2 commenced 31 August 2004 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 1 September 2004 (s 2 and see Construction\nOccupations (Licensing) Act 2004 A2004-12, s 2 and CN2004-8)\nas amended by\nMagistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement Notices)\nAmendment Regulation 2005 (No 1) SL2005-12\nnotified LR 27 June 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 June 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 28 June 2005 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.15\nnotified LR 27 May 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.15 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nName of regulation\ns 1 am R2 LA\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nContents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person\ns 10 sub SL2005-12 s 4\nContents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person\ns 11 sub SL2005-12 s 4\nAuthorised people for infringement notice offences\ns 12 ins SL2005-12 s 4\nam A2015-15 amdt 3.74, amdt 3.75\nConstruction occupations legislation infringement notice offences and\npenalties\nsch 1 sub SL2005-12 s 5\n\nEndnotes\n5 Earlier republications\npage 10 Magistrates Court (Construction Occupations Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2004\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications\nare marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n1 Sept 2004\n1 Sept 2004–\n31 Oct 2004\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n1 Nov 2004\n1 Nov 2004–\n27 June 2005\nnot amended editorial\namendments under\nLegislation Act\nR3\n28 June 2005\n28 June 2005–\n9 June 2015\nSL2005-12 amendments by\nSL2005-12\n© Australian Capital Territory 2015","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of establishing infringement notice procedures for construction occupations offences. 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It names who can issue notices (building, electrical, gas, water/sewerage inspectors), who’s affected (individual tradespeople and construction companies), sets penalty ranges ($125–$1,250 for individuals; five times for corporations) and a $34 reminder fee, streamlining enforcement of licensing and safety rules."},"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":true,"description":"The regulation has been amended since first made. SL2005-12 substituted the identification requirements for authorised persons (ss 10–11), inserted s 12 listing which inspectors may serve infringement and reminder notices, and replaced Schedule 1. A2015-15 made further amendments to s 12. Those changes expanded and clarified who may serve notices and the information notices must include, altering operational scope from the original instrument (see amendment history: SL2005-12; A2015-15)."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑references to other Acts (Magistrates Court Act 1930; Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004) requiring users to consult multiple instruments","Schedule lists offences by provision numbers only (items 81, 83, 84), so understanding the substance requires checking the primary Act","Corporate penalty multiplier (5x individual amount) introduces a simple but significant calculation","Multiple authorised inspector categories (building, compliance auditor, electricity, gas, utilities, water inspectors) add operational variety","Registrar authority to issue unique identifiers for authorised persons creates an administrative identifier system","Specified mandatory notice contents (company ACN or partnership name; authorised person's name or unique number) impose compliance steps on enforcement officers","Fixed reminder‑service cost ($34) and linkage to penalty units (penalty unit values noted in republication) require correct fee application"],"plain_english_summary":"Creates an infringement‑notice regime under the Magistrates Court Act for specific offences in the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004. It names the construction occupations registrar as the administering authority, fixes penalty amounts (corporations pay five times the individual amount), sets a $34 reminder‑service cost, prescribes required notice content, and lists which inspectors may serve notices. The regulation says its purpose is to provide an alternative to prosecution; mechanically it specifies who issues notices, what they must contain, and the monetary charges."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-construction-occupations-infringement-notices-regulation-2004","history":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-construction-occupations-infringement-notices-regulation-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-construction-occupations-infringement-notices-regulation-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-construction-occupations-infringement-notices-regulation-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-construction-occupations-infringement-notices-regulation-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-construction-occupations-infringement-notices-regulation-2004/documents"}}