{"id":"sl-2012-27","name":"Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices) Regulation 2012","slug":"magistrates-court-electoral-infringement-notices-regulation-2012","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"27 of 2012","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173478,"registerId":"act-sl-2012-27-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices) Regulation 2012","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Electoral\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2012\nSL2012-27\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 2\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 (Electoral Infringement Notices) Regulation\n2012, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any amendment made under the\nLegislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 10 June 2015. It also\nincludes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to\n10 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\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\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 (Electoral\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2012\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 2\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 3\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 4\nSchedule 1 Electoral Act 1992 infringement notice\noffences and penalties 5\nDictionary 6\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 7\n2 Abbreviation key 7\n3 Legislation history 8\n4 Amendment history 8\n5 Earlier republications 9\n\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\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 (Electoral\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2012\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\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 (Electoral Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2012.\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.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the\ndefinition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or\nthe contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and\ns 156 (1)).\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 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 Electoral Act 1992.\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.\n6 Administering authority\nThe administering authority for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Electoral Act 1992 is the electoral commissioner.\n\nSection 7\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\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 Electoral Act 1992 mentioned in\nschedule 1, column 2.\n8 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nElectoral Act 1992, under an infringement notice for the offence, is\nthe amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.\n(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the\nElectoral Act 1992, under an infringement notice for the offence, is\n5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the\noffence.\n(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the Electoral Act 1992 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 Electoral Act 1992\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.\n10 Contents of infringement notices—other information\n(1) An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised\nperson for an infringement notice offence against the Electoral\nAct 1992 must include the company’s ACN.\nNote The requirement under this section is additional to the requirement\nunder the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).\n\nSection 11\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\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 Electoral Act 1992 must\nidentify 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\nAn authorised person may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Electoral Act 1992;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against\nthe Electoral Act 1992.\n\nElectoral Act 1992 infringement notice offences and penalties Schedule 1\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Electoral Act 1992 infringement\nnotice offences and 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\n($)\n1 236 (1) (a) 50\n(b) 20\n(a) 1100\n(b) 440\n2 236 (2) 20 440\n\nDictionary\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\n10/06/15\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 and other provisions relevant to\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n corporation\n Corporations Act\n individual.\nNote 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in\nthe Magistrates Court Act 1930 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For\nexample, the following terms are defined in the Magistrates Court\nAct 1930, dict:\n administering authority\n authorised person\n infringement notice\n infringement notice offence\n reminder notice.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\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 (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices) Regulation 2012\nSL2012-27\nnotified LR 28 June 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 28 June 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 1 July 2012 (s 2)\nas amended by\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.20\nnotified LR 27 May 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.20 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nAuthorised people for infringement notice offences\ns 12 am A2015-15 amdt 3.94, amdt 3.95\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2012\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 9\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 July 2012\n1 July 2012–\n9 June 2015\nnot amended new regulation\n© Australian Capital Territory 2015","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation's core purpose remains to provide infringement notices for specified Electoral Act offences, but its operational scope was amended in 2015 to change who may serve infringement and reminder notices. Section 12 (authorised people) was amended by Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 (A2015‑15) (see Legislation history and Amendment history), altering the pool of authorised officers able to issue notices and therefore who may initiate administrative enforcement."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑references to other Acts for procedure and definitions (Magistrates Court Act 1930 pt 3.8; Electoral Act 1992) (see ss 5 and 7).","Penalty structure combines fixed dollar infringement amounts in Schedule 1 and a corporation multiplier (5×) set in s 8(2), requiring calculation and differentiation between individuals and corporations (s 8, Schedule 1).","Identification and form requirements for notices and reminders: authorised person identification (full name or unique number) and mandatory company ACN on notices served on companies (ss 9, 10(1), 11).","Administrative detail and limited discretion around authorised people who may serve notices (s 12); authorised‑person unique numbers issued by the administering authority add operational steps.","Fixed miscellaneous costs (reminder notice service cost $34) create indexing/administration needs (s 8(3)).","Limited schedule of specific offence references (Schedule 1 cites s 236 of the Electoral Act) forces users to consult the Electoral Act for substantive offence elements and penalties (Schedule 1).","Reliance on dictionaries and external definitions (Magistrates Court Act and Legislation Act definitions) for key terms increases dependency on multiple instruments (Dictionary; notes)."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation implements an infringement-notice scheme under the Magistrates Court Act for certain offences in the Electoral Act 1992. It names the electoral commissioner as the administering authority, fixes infringement amounts (with corporations liable at five times the individual amount), requires identification details on notices (including ACN for companies), and sets a $34 cost for reminder notices. It affects individuals, companies and authorised officers who serve or receive notices, and changes the administrative handling of minor electoral breaches."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: establishing an infringement notice scheme for electoral offences. It has not expanded beyond the specific offences listed in Schedule 1 (s 236 of the Electoral Act 1992) and the procedural framework for issuing notices."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (6 substantive sections plus schedule)","Only 2 offences listed in Schedule 1 with straightforward penalty structure","Minimal defined terms (relies heavily on definitions in parent Acts: *Magistrates Court Act 1930* and *Electoral Act 1992*)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Simple arithmetic for corporate penalties (5x multiplier)","Procedural requirements are prescriptive but not complex (name/number on notices, ACN for companies)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation creates an infringement‑notice scheme for minor electoral offences in the ACT, letting authorised electoral officials issue on‑the‑spot fines instead of prosecuting in court. It lists which offences can attract a notice and what must appear on notices and reminders.\n\nIt affects voters, political participants, companies (which pay five times the individual fine) and the Electoral Commissioner, and provides a faster, cheaper alternative to court for minor breaches of electoral law."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-electoral-infringement-notices-regulation-2012","history":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-electoral-infringement-notices-regulation-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-electoral-infringement-notices-regulation-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-electoral-infringement-notices-regulation-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-electoral-infringement-notices-regulation-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-electoral-infringement-notices-regulation-2012/documents"}}