{"id":"sl-2005-37","name":"Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005","slug":"magistrates-court-environment-protection-infringement-notices-regulation-2005","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"37 of 2005","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173480,"registerId":"act-sl-2005-37-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Environment\nProtection Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2005\nSL2005-37\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 9\nEffective: 11 March 2026\nRepublication date: 11 March 2026\nLast amendment made by SL2025-25\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 (Environment Protection Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2005, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any amendment made\nunder the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 11 March 2026. It\nalso includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to\n11 March 2026.\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 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 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 includes 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\nR9\n11/03/26\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Environment\nProtection Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2005\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Purpose of regulation 2\n4 Dictionary 2\n5 Notes 2\n6 Administering authority 3\n7 Infringement notice offences 3\n8 Infringement notice penalties 3\n9 Contents of infringement notices—other information 4\n10 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\nR9\n11/03/26\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4\n12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 5\nSchedule 1 Environment protection legislation\ninfringement notice offences and penalties 6\nPart 1.1 Environment Protection Act 1997 6\nPart 1.2 Environment Protection Regulation 2005 8\nDictionary 11\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 12\n2 Abbreviation key 12\n3 Legislation history 13\n4 Amendment history 15\n5 Earlier republications 16\n\nR9\n11/03/26\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Environment\nProtection Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2005\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\nR9\n11/03/26\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Magistrates Court (Environment Protection\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2005.\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 environment protection legislation.\nNote The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 provides a system of infringement\nnotices for offences against various Acts. The infringement notice\nsystem is intended to provide an alternative to prosecution.\n4 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 officer—see the\nEnvironment Protection Act 1997, dictionary.’ means that the term\n‘authorised officer’ is defined in that dictionary and the definition applies\nto this regulation.\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)).\n5 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n\nSection 6\nR9\n11/03/26\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\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 environment protection legislation is the environment\nprotection authority.\n7 Infringement notice offences\nThe Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against\na provision of the environment protection legislation mentioned in\nschedule 1, column 2.\n8 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nenvironment protection legislation, under an infringement notice for\nthe offence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 of the\nitem applying to the offence or, if there is more than 1 amount\nmentioned in the column, the amount applying to the individual.\n(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the\nenvironment protection legislation, under an infringement notice for\nthe offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4\nof the item applying to the offence or, if there is more than 1 amount\nmentioned in the column, the amount applying to the corporation.\n(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the environment protection legislation is $34.\n\nSection 9\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\nR9\n11/03/26\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n9 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 environment protection\nlegislation must include the company’s ACN.\nNote The 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.\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 environment protection\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.\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 environment protection\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.\n\nSection 12\nR9\n11/03/26\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences\nAn authorised officer may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the environment protection legislation;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the\nenvironment protection legislation.\nNote For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.\n\nSchedule 1 Environment protection legislation infringement notice offences and\npenalties\nPart 1.1 Environment Protection Act 1997\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\nR9\n11/03/26\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Environment protection\nlegislation infringement notice\noffences and penalties\n(see s 7 and s 8)\nPart 1.1 Environment Protection Act 1997\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision and, if relevant,\ncase\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty ($)\n1 42 (1) 200 1 000\n2 42 (2) 200 1 000\n3 44 (1) 200 1 000\n4 45 (1) 200 1 000\n5 67 10 50\n6 69 (3) 50 500\n7 71 (3) (a)\n7.1 • if notice under 71 (1) (c) 50 500\n7.2 • if notice under 71 (2) (a) 50 500\n8 71 (3) (b) 50 500\n9 76 (5) 50 500\n10 77 (3) 50 500\n11 78 (5) 50 500\n12 82 (3) 50 500\n\nEnvironment protection legislation infringement notice offences and\npenalties\nSchedule 1\nEnvironment Protection Act 1997 Part 1.1\nR9\n11/03/26\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision and, if relevant,\ncase\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty ($)\n13 84 (3) (a)\n13.1 • if notice under 84 (1) (c) 50 500\n13.2 • if notice under 84 (2) (a) 50 500\n14 84 (3) (b) 50 500\n15 92 (4)—if failure to comply\nwith 92 (1)\n50 1 000\n16 134 100 500\n17 139 (3) 50 500\n18 141 50 100\n19 142 100 500\n20 148 (1) 20 250\n21 149 (1) 20 250\n22 149 (4) 50 250\n23 159A (1) 10 100\n\nSchedule 1 Environment protection legislation infringement notice offences and\npenalties\nPart 1.2 Environment Protection Regulation 2005\npage 8 Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\nR9\n11/03/26\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 1.2 Environment Protection\nRegulation 2005\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision and, if relevant,\ncase\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty\n($)\n1 9 (1) 5 100\n2 10 (1) (b) (i) 10 120\n3 10 (1) (b) (ii) 10 120\n4 10 (3) (b) (i) 10 120\n5 10 (3) (b) (ii) 10 120\n6 11 (5) 10 120\n7 12 (1) 5 100\n8 14 (3) 10 300\n9 14 (4) 10 300\n10 14A (1) 10 300\n11 15 (1) 10 200\n12 15 (2) 10 200\n13 39 (1) 10 200\n14 39 (2) 10 200\n15 40 (1) 10 120\n16 40 (2) 10 120\n17 44 (1) 10 175\n18 45 (1) (a) 10 100\n19 45 (1) (b) 10 100\n\nEnvironment protection legislation infringement notice offences and\npenalties\nSchedule 1\nEnvironment Protection Regulation 2005 Part 1.2\nR9\n11/03/26\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision and, if relevant,\ncase\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty\n($)\n20 46 (1) 10 100\n21 47 (1) 10 175\n22 47 (2) 10 175\n23 48 (2) 10 100\n24 49 (2) 10 100\n25 50 (1) 10 200\n26 52D (1)\n26.1 • if IChEMS scheduling\ndecision is in IChEMS\nregister, sch 1, 2 or 3\n5 160\n26.2 • if IChEMS scheduling\ndecision is in IChEMS\nregister, sch 4 or 5\n10 320\n26.3 • if IChEMS scheduling\ndecision is in IChEMS\nregister, sch 6 or 7\n20 640\n27 55 (1) 10 100\n28 55 (2) 10 100\n29 55A (1) 10 100\n30 55A (2) 10 100\n31 55B (1) 10 100\n32 55F (1) 10 100\n33 55G (1) 10 100\n\nSchedule 1 Environment protection legislation infringement notice offences and\npenalties\nPart 1.2 Environment Protection Regulation 2005\npage 10 Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\nR9\n11/03/26\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision and, if relevant,\ncase\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty\n($)\n34 55H (1) 10 100\n35 55I (1) 10 100\n36 55J (1) 10 100\n37 55K (1) 10 100\n38 55L (1) 10 100\n39 58 (1) 10 100\n40 58 (2) 10 100\n41 58 (3) 10 100\n42 59 (1) 10 100\n43 59 (2) 10 100\n44 60 (1) 5 100\n45 60 (2) 5 100\n46 61 (1) 10 100\n47 66B 10 175\n48 66C (1) 10 175\n\nDictionary\nR9\n11/03/26\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\npage 11\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 4)\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• environment protection authority\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.\nauthorised officer—see the Environment Protection Act 1997,\ndictionary.\nenvironment protection legislation means—\n(a) the Environment Protection Act 1997; and\n(b) the Environment Protection Regulation 2005.\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 12 Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\nR9\n11/03/26\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\nLegislation history 3\nR9\n11/03/26\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\npage 13\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2005 SL2005-37\nnotified LR 11 November 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 11 November 2005 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 12 November 2005 (s 2 and see Statute Law\nAmendment Act 2005 A2005-20, s 2 (2) and LA s 79)\nas amended by\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2007 A2007-3 sch 3 pt 3.66\nnotified LR 22 March 2007\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2006 (LA s 75 (2))\nsch 3 pt 3.66 commenced 12 April 2007 (s 2 (1))\nEnvironment Protection (Fuel Sales Data) Amendment Act 2007\nA2007-17 pt 3\nnotified LR 14 June 2007\ns 1, s 2 commenced 14 June 2007 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 1 July 2007 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2008\nA2008-7 sch 1 pt 1.13\nnotified LR 16 April 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 16 April 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.13 commenced 7 May 2008 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.21\nnotified LR 27 May 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.21 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices)\nAmendment Regulation 2015 (No 1) SL2015-43\nnotified LR 21 December 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 21 December 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 22 December 2015 (s 2)\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 14 Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\nR9\n11/03/26\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nRed Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-17 pt 8\nnotified LR 14 June 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 14 June 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 8 commenced 31 August 2017 (s 2 (2))\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices)\nAmendment Regulation 2021 (No 1) SL2021-27\nnotified LR 28 October 2021\ns 1, s 2 commenced 28 October 2021 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 28 April 2022 (s 2 and see Environment\nProtection Amendment Regulation 2021 (No 1) SL2021-26 s 2)\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices)\nAmendment Regulation 2025 (No 1) SL2025-25\nnotified LR 27 November 2025\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 11 March 2026 (s 2 and see Environment\nProtection (Industrial Chemicals) Amendment Regulation 2025 (No 1)\nSL2025-17 s 2)\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR9\n11/03/26\nMagistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\npage 15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nDictionary\ns 4 am A2007-3 amdt 3.367\nAuthorised people for infringement notice offences\ns 12 am A2015-15 amdt 3.96, amdt 3.97\nExpiry—sch 1, pt 1.1\ns 13 om A2008-7 amdt 1.63\nEnvironment Protection Act 1997\nsch 1 pt 1.1 am A2007-17 s 6; items renum R3 LA\nEnvironment Protection Regulation 2005\nsch 1 pt 1.2 am SL2015-43 s 4; A2017-17 s 26; items renum R7 LA;\nSL2021-27 s 4, items renum R8 LA; SL2025-25 ss 4-7; items\nrenum R9 LA\nDictionary\ndict def authorised officer sub A2007-3 amdt 3.368\n\nEndnotes\n5 Earlier republications\npage 16 Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 11/03/26\nR9\n11/03/26\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 are\nmarked 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\n12 Nov 2005\n12 Nov 2005–\n11 Apr 2007\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n12 Apr 2007\n12 Apr 2007–\n30 June 2007\nA2007-3 amendments by\nA2007-3\nR3\n1 July 2007\n1 July 2007–\n6 May 2008\nA2007-17 amendments by\nA2007-17\nR4\n7 May 2008\n7 May 2008–\n9 June 2015\nA2008-7 amendments by\nA2008-7\nR5\n10 June 2015\n10 June 2015–\n21 Dec 2015\nA2015-15 amendments by\nA2015-15\nR6\n22 Dec 2015\n22 Dec 2015-\n30 Aug 2017\nSL2015-43 amendments by\nSL2015-43\nR7\n31 Aug 2017\n31 Aug 2017-\n27 Apr 2022\nA2017-17 amendments by\nA2017-17\nR8\n28 Apr 2022\n28 Apr 2022–\n10 Mar 2026\nSL2021-27 amendments by\nSL2021-27\n© Australian Capital Territory 2026","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Originally focused on general environment protection offences under the 1997 Act and 2005 Regulation. The 2021 and 2025 amendments significantly expanded scope to include industrial chemicals management offences (IChEMS register scheduling decisions), adding items 26.1-26.3 and items 29-38 in Part 1.2 of Schedule 1. This moved the regulation beyond traditional pollution/dumping offences to cover chemical scheduling and handling requirements under the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard."},"complexity_factors":["Short regulation: only 12 substantive sections plus a schedule","Simple structure: purpose, definitions, administering authority, offences/penalties, notice contents, and authorised persons","Minimal cross-referencing: primarily references to the Magistrates Court Act 1930 and Environment Protection Act 1997 for definitions","Straightforward tabular format in Schedule 1 listing 48 specific offences with corresponding penalty amounts","No nested exceptions or complex conditional logic—just a simple multiplier (5x) for corporations vs individuals","Only 2 defined terms in the dictionary ('authorised officer' and 'environment protection legislation'), with other terms imported by reference","Recent amendments (2025) added industrial chemicals offences but followed the existing simple tabular structure"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation authorises on-the-spot infringement notices for certain environmental offences in the ACT, letting EPA authorised officers issue set fines instead of pursuing court prosecutions. It targets individuals and businesses for minor breaches (dumping, pollution, chemical handling) and involves the Magistrates Court if disputed.\n\nFines run $50–$1,000 for individuals (up to 5× for corporations), with a $34 reminder fee for unpaid notices; notices must show the company’s ACN and identify the issuing officer."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation has broadened since its original 2005 form through successive amendments that added and renumbered offence items and updated the schedule of infringement penalties (see amendment history and endnotes). Most recently, SL2025-25 and related environment regulation amendments (listed in the legislation history) expanded or altered the Regulation items (including industrial-chemicals related scheduling entries referenced in schedule 1, part 1.2, item 26.1–26.3). The effect is a net expansion in the set of environment offences that may be dealt with by infringement notices (from the original narrower list to the current 71 listed items), and corresponding adjustments to infringement penalty amounts and item structure."},"complexity_factors":["Relatively short instrument (12 substantive sections plus schedule) but dependent on cross-referenced Acts (Magistrates Court Act 1930, Environment Protection Act 1997, Environment Protection Regulation 2005, Legislation Act 2001).","Schedule 1 lists 71 distinct infringement items (23 under the Act, 48 under the Regulation), increasing operational detail.","Use of signpost definitions and external definitions (dictionary refers to definitions in other Acts) (s 4, Dictionary).","Different calculation rules for individuals and corporations (s 8(1)–(2)) including a 5x multiplier for corporations.","Nested subitems in the schedule (e.g. items with 26.1–26.3) and tiered infringement amounts for a single provision (adds conditional logic).","Administrative particulars for notices (ACN requirement for companies, authorised person identification or unique number) that interact with service rules in another Act (ss 9–11; Legislation Act pt 19.5).","Editorial and amendment history with multiple amending instruments (endnotes) — users must check latest amendments such as SL2025-25 for scope changes."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this regulation does (mechanically)\n\n- Names the administering authority: the environment protection authority is the body responsible for administering infringement notices for the environment protection laws (s 6).\n- Makes the Magistrates Court Act infringement-notice scheme available for specified environment offences (s 7, schedule 1).\n- Fixes the dollar amounts payable under infringement notices for those offences (s 8, schedule 1) and sets the cost of serving a reminder notice at $34 (s 8(3)).\n- Provides how infringement and reminder notices must identify the authorised person who served them (by full name or a unique identifier) (ss 10–11).\n- Requires an infringement notice served on a company to include the company's Australian Company Number (ACN) (s 9).\n- Specifies that an authorised officer under the Environment Protection Act 1997 may serve infringement and reminder notices for the listed offences (s 12).\n- Lists, in schedule 1, the specific offence provisions (from the Environment Protection Act 1997 and the Environment Protection Regulation 2005) that may be dealt with by infringement notice and the dollar amount for each infringement notice (schedule 1, parts 1.1 and 1.2).\n\nOfficial purpose and how it is meant to operate\n\n- The regulation implements the Magistrates Court Act infringement-notice system as an alternative to prosecuting certain environment protection offences (s 3 note; s 7). In plain terms, instead of taking every breach to court, the regulator can issue a notice requiring payment of a fixed penalty.\n\nWho this affects\n\n- Individuals and organisations (companies and other corporations) that commit any of the offences listed in schedule 1. The schedule contains 23 listed offence items from the Environment Protection Act 1997 (part 1.1) and 48 listed items from the Environment Protection Regulation 2005 (part 1.2) — 71 listed items in total.\n- The environment protection authority and its authorised officers, who decide to issue notices and are responsible for serving them (ss 6, 12).\n- Companies in particular must ensure their ACN is used correctly on any notice served (s 9).\n\nWho pays and how much\n\n- The schedule states the fixed dollar amount for each infringement notice (schedule 1, column 4). Section 8(1) confirms the amount payable by an individual is the amount in the schedule. Section 8(2) provides that a corporation must pay 5 times the amount listed in the schedule for the offence. A reminder notice service cost is $34 (s 8(3)).\n\nWhy it matters (practical effects)\n\n- Lowers the regulator's transaction costs for enforcing many low-to-medium severity environmental rules by offering fixed penalties rather than court prosecutions (s 3, s 7).\n- Produces faster, predictable enforcement outcomes: recipients know the dollar amount up front (schedule 1) instead of facing uncertain court penalties.\n- Shifts more immediate financial risk onto offenders, with an extra load on corporations because of the 5x multiplier (s 8(2)).\n\nTesting the purpose-claims against trade-offs and implementation points\n\n- Cost and incentives: issuing infringement notices is cheaper for the regulator than prosecuting. The trade-off is a loss of the deterrent effect that a successful prosecution with a court-imposed penalty might produce in higher‑value or more serious cases. The regulation preserves prosecution as an alternative (this instrument provides the infringement‑notice option; it does not remove prosecution powers) (s 3 note; s 7).\n\n- Who decides and discretion: the environment protection authority decides to use the infringement system (s 6) and authorised officers select individuals/companies to receive notices (s 12). That concentrates choice within the regulator; operational guidance or internal policies (not contained in this regulation) will determine how often infringement notices are issued instead of prosecutions.\n\n- Compliance burden for business: businesses face many small-dollar infringement options (schedule 1, part 1.2 contains multiple 100–320 dollar items) and some larger items under the Act (part 1.1). Regular low-value fines can be a recurring compliance cost for operators in regulated industries. Corporations face higher absolute costs because of the 5x rule (s 8(2)).\n\n- Administrative details that affect clarity and contestability: the regulation requires identification of the authorised officer (by name or unique identifier) on both infringement and reminder notices (ss 10–11) and requires an ACN on company notices (s 9). These requirements help recipients verify who issued a notice, but the use of unique numbers (rather than identifying information alone) could complicate verification unless the authority publishes or makes the identifier-system traceable.\n\n- Risk of substitution effects: because infringement notices are quicker and administratively cheaper, regulators may use them for borderline or repeat conduct instead of pursuing court-based penalties. That changes how private actors will decide whether to contest or pay a notice (the choice between immediate payment and defending in court).\n\n- Implementation and legal cross‑references: the regulation cross‑references the Magistrates Court Act 1930 for the overall infringement scheme and relies on defined terms in the Environment Protection Act 1997 and the Magistrates Court Act (s 4, dictionary). Practitioners must reconcile rules across instruments to determine service methods, appeal/contest options and exact legal consequences (see Magistrates Court Act 1930 and Legislation Act cross-references cited in notes).\n\nConcentrated benefits and diffuse costs\n\n- Concentrated benefits: the regulator gains lower enforcement costs and administrative simplicity (ss 6, 7, 12). That is concrete and concentrated inside the environment protection authority.\n- Diffuse costs: many small players in regulated activities bear modest but potentially frequent fines; corporations face proportionally larger fines (s 8(2)). These costs are spread across many regulated entities.\n\nKey operational details to watch (sections cited)\n\n- Which offences are covered: schedule 1 lists every offence eligible for an infringement notice (s 7; schedule 1).\n- Who administers the scheme: environment protection authority (s 6).\n- Who can serve notices: authorised officers (s 12).\n- Payment levels: dollar amounts in schedule 1; corporate multiplier (s 8(1)–(2)).\n- Identification and verification requirements: ACN for companies (s 9); authorised person identification (ss 10–11).\n\nShort takeaway\n\nMechanically, the regulation maps a long list of environment protection offences to fixed-dollar infringement notices, assigns administration to the environment protection authority, fixes how notices must identify the issuer, and makes corporations pay a higher specified amount. It is an enforcement tool that reduces regulator transaction costs and delivers predictable, immediate penalties; the trade-offs are increased administrative discretion for the regulator, recurring costs for regulated parties, and potential substitution of administrative fines for prosecutions.\n"},"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. 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