{"id":"sl-2014-30","name":"Magistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices) Regulation 2014","slug":"magistrates-court-major-events-infringement-notices-regulation-2014","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"30 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173500,"registerId":"act-sl-2014-30-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices) Regulation 2014","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Major Events\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2014\nSL2014-30\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 18 November 2014\nRepublication date: 18 November 2014\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 (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014, 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 18 November 2014.\nIt also includes 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\n18/11/14\nMagistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Major Events\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2014\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 Service of infringement notices––belief about age of individual 3\n8 Service of infringement notices—witnessing conduct 3\n9 Infringement notice offences 3\n10 Infringement notice penalties 4\n11 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\nR1\n18/11/14\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n12 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4\n13 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 4\nSchedule 1 Major Events Act 2014 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\n\nR1\n18/11/14\nMagistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Major Events\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2014\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\nR1\n18/11/14\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Magistrates Court (Major Events Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2014.\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 Major Events Act 2014.\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.\n\nSection 6\nR1\n18/11/14\nMagistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\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 Major Events Act 2014 is the chief police officer.\n7 Service of infringement notices––belief about age of\nindividual\nAn authorised person is taken to have reasonable grounds for\nbelieving that an individual is of a particular age if the authorised\nperson sees evidence of the individual’s identity and age.\nNote 1 The infringement notice offence in schedule 1 applies except if an\nindividual is under 16 years old.\nNote 2 Under the Act, s 120 the authorised person must believe on reasonable\ngrounds that a person has committed an infringement notice offence,\nbefore serving an infringement notice on the person for the offence.\n8 Service of infringement notices—witnessing conduct\nAn authorised person is taken not to have reasonable grounds for\nbelieving that a person committed an infringement notice offence\nunless the authorised person witnessed the person committing the\noffence.\n9 Infringement notice offences\nThe Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence\nagainst a provision of the Major Events Act 2014 mentioned in\nschedule 1, column 2, except if the individual believed to have\ncommitted the offence is under 16 years old.\n\nSection 10\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\nR1\n18/11/14\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n10 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nMajor Events Act 2014, under an infringement notice for the\noffence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the\noffence.\n(2) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the Major Events Act 2014 is $34.\n11 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised\nperson\nAn infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person\nfor an infringement notice offence against the Major Events\nAct 2014 must identify the authorised person by the person’s police\nofficer service number.\n12 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised\nperson\nAn reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for\nan infringement notice offence against the Major Events Act 2014\nmust identify the authorised person by the person’s police officer\nservice number.\n13 Authorised people for infringement notice offences\nA police officer may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Major Events Act 2014;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against\nthe Major Events Act 2014.\n\nMajor Events Act 2014 infringement notice offences and penalties Schedule 1\nR1\n18/11/14\nMagistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Major Events Act 2014\ninfringement notice offences\nand penalties\n(see s 9 and s 10)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement penalty ($)\n1 13 (1) 5 150\n2 13 (2) 50 1 500\n3 15 (1) 25 400\n4 16 (2) 10 300\n5 17 (2) 10 300\n6 18 (2) 10 300\n7 20 (2) 5 150\n8 23 (1) 10 300\n9 23 (2) 20 400\n10 24 (7) 50 1 500\n11 50 (6) 20 400\n\nDictionary\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\nR1\n18/11/14\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 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.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n18/11/14\nMagistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\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 (Major Events Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2014\nEffective: 18/11/14\nR1\n18/11/14\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Major Events Infringement Notices) Regulation\n2014 SL2014-30\nnotified LR 17 November 2014\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 November 2014 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 18 November 2014 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2014","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation maintains its original narrow purpose. It was enacted specifically to enable infringement notices for the Major Events Act 2014 and has not expanded beyond that scope. The content remains tightly focused on procedural requirements for issuing fines (who can issue them, evidence requirements, penalty amounts) without creeping into broader areas of criminal procedure or event management."},"complexity_factors":["Very short regulation (only 13 substantive sections plus a schedule)","Minimal defined terms (only 6 terms in the dictionary, most referencing other Acts)","Simple conditional logic (only one exception: under-16s cannot receive infringement notices)","No nested exceptions or complex cross-referencing beyond standard machinery provisions","Straightforward tabular format for offences and penalties in Schedule 1","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 scheme for certain offences under the Major Events Act 2014 in the ACT, letting police issue fines instead of pursuing court proceedings. The chief police officer administers the scheme; fines range from $150–$1,500, police must witness offences and may check ID, and persons under 16 cannot be issued notices (their cases go to court). A $34 fee applies for unpaid reminder notices."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation’s stated purpose (s 5) is to provide an infringement-notice alternative for certain offences under the Major Events Act 2014; the text confines the scheme to listed offences (Schedule 1), excludes persons under 16, sets penalties and administrative details, and centralises administration with the chief police officer. The republication shows no textual indication that the regulation’s scope has been expanded or narrowed beyond that stated purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to other legislation: it applies the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 to offences in the Major Events Act 2014 (s 5, s 9) which requires users to consult both Acts.","Penalty mapping in Schedule 1: each listed offence is tied to penalty units and dollar amounts, so correct application needs matching the provision in Schedule 1 to the Major Events Act offence (Schedule 1).","Age exclusion: offences are not dealt with by infringement notice if the person believed to have committed the offence is under 16 (s 7 note, s 9).","Evidentiary requirement: an authorised person must have witnessed the conduct to have reasonable grounds to serve a notice (s 8), constraining when notices can be issued.","Service and identification formalities: infringement and reminder notices must identify the authorised person by police officer service number (ss 11–12), creating a specific compliance detail.","Centralised administering authority: chief police officer is named as administering authority (s 6), concentrating decision and collection functions within police.","Fixed administrative charge for reminder notices ($34) and reliance on the penalty-unit monetary value noted in endnotes, linking to broader legislative scales (s 10; endnotes).","Dependence on external definitions: key terms and legal effects rely on definitions in the Magistrates Court Act 1930 and the Legislation Act 2001 (s 3; Dictionary notes), requiring cross-reference to understand terms like ‘authorised person’. 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