{"id":"sl-2016-4","name":"Magistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices) Regulation 2016","slug":"magistrates-court-health-infringement-notices-regulation-2016","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"4 of 2016","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173488,"registerId":"act-sl-2016-4-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices) Regulation 2016","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Health Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2016\nSL2016-4\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 22 March 2016\nRepublication date: 22 March 2016\nRegulation not amended\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 (Health Infringement Notices) Regulation 2016,\nmade under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any amendment made under the\nLegislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 22 March 2016. It also\nincludes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this republished 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\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 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\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\nR1\n22/03/16\nMagistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Health Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2016\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 (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\nR1\n22/03/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 4\nSchedule 1 Health Act 1993 infringement notice offences\nand penalties 5\nDictionary 6\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 7\n2 Abbreviation key 7\n3 Legislation history 8\n4 Amendment history 8\n\nR1\n22/03/16\nMagistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Health Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2016\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\nR1\n22/03/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Magistrates Court (Health Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2016.\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 Health Act.\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 Health Act is the chief police officer.\n\nSection 7\nR1\n22/03/16\nMagistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\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 Health Act mentioned in schedule 1,\ncolumn 2.\n8 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nHealth Act, under an infringement notice for the offence, is the\namount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.\n(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the\nHealth Act, under an infringement notice for the offence, is 5 times\nthe amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.\n(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the Health Act is $34.\n9 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised\nperson\nAn infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person\nfor an infringement notice offence against the Health Act must\nidentify the authorised person by the person’s police officer service\nnumber.\n10 Contents of infringement notices—other information\n(1) An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised\nperson for an infringement notice offence against the Health Act\nmust include the company’s ACN.\nNote The requirement under this section is additional to the requirement\nunder the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).\n(2) In this section:\ncompany means a company registered under the Corporations Act.\n\nSection 11\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\nR1\n22/03/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised\nperson\nA reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an\ninfringement notice offence against the Health Act must identify the\nauthorised person by the person’s police officer service number.\n12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences\nA police officer may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Health Act;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against\nthe Health Act.\n\nHealth Act 1993 infringement notice offences and penalties Schedule 1\nR1\n22/03/16\nMagistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Health Act 1993 infringement\nnotice offences and penalties\n(see s 7 and s 8)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement penalty ($)\n1 87 (1) 25 750\n2 87 (2) 50 1500\n\nDictionary\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\nR1\n22/03/16\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 chief police officer\n corporation\n Corporations Act\n individual\n police officer.\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.\nHealth Act means the Health Act 1993.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n22/03/16\nMagistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\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 (Health Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2016\nEffective: 22/03/16\nR1\n22/03/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Health Infringement Notices) Regulation 2016\nSL2016-4\nnotified LR 29 February 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 February 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 22 March 2016 (s 2 and see Health (Patient\nPrivacy) Amendment Act 2015 A2015-43, s 2 and CN2016-4)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2016","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: establishing infringement notice procedures for specific Health Act offences. It has not expanded beyond the two offences listed in Schedule 1 (sections 87(1) and 87(2) of the Health Act)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short regulation (12 sections plus schedule, 8 pages total)","Only 2 substantive offences listed in Schedule 1","Minimal defined terms (only 'company' defined in body; 'Health Act' defined in dictionary)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Straightforward cross-references to parent Act (*Magistrates Court Act 1930*) and *Health Act 1993*","Simple mathematical calculation for corporate penalties (5x individual rate)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation authorises ACT police to issue on‑the‑spot infringement notices for two Health Act 1993 offences—failure to comply with public health directions—providing fines ($750/$1,500 for individuals; five times for companies) as an alternative to prosecution.\n\nIt affects people who breach directions, companies, and issuing officers (who must include a service number); reminder notices add $34 and the chief police officer oversees the scheme."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation implements the stated purpose—extending the Magistrates Court Act infringement-notice regime to two specified Health Act offences and prescribing related administrative details (penalties, who may serve notices, identification requirements). It does not expand beyond those offences or add other enforcement powers."},"complexity_factors":["Limited scope: applies only to 2 Health Act offences (schedule 1, column 2).","Who pays: individual amount set in schedule 1, column 4; corporate amount is 5× that amount (s 8(1)–(2)).","Administering authority and discretion: chief police officer is administering authority; police officers may serve infringement and reminder notices (s 6; s 12).","Identification and compliance requirements: infringement and reminder notices must identify the authorised person by police service number (ss 9, 11); company notices must include ACN (s 10(1)).","Administrative cost: reminder notice service cost fixed at $34 (s 8(3)).","Cross-references to other legislation increase navigational needs: operation depends on Magistrates Court Act pt 3.8 and definitions in the Legislation Act and Corporations Act (s 7; dict).","Potential calculation/interpretation point: schedule gives infringement dollar amounts but corporate multiplier in s 8(2) requires multiplying those figures to determine corporate liability."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation implements an infringement-notice (on-the-spot fine) regime under the Magistrates Court Act for two specific offences in the Health Act. It sets the administering authority (chief police officer), the monetary amounts for infringement notices, and who may serve notices.\n\nNotices must identify the serving police officer by service number and include a company’s ACN where relevant; reminder-service cost is $34. It matters because it substitutes administrative fines and reminders for prosecution, allocating enforcement and payment obligations to individuals, corporations and police."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-health-infringement-notices-regulation-2016","history":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-health-infringement-notices-regulation-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-health-infringement-notices-regulation-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-health-infringement-notices-regulation-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-health-infringement-notices-regulation-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-health-infringement-notices-regulation-2016/documents"}}