{"id":"sl-2015-20","name":"Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2015","slug":"magistrates-court-nature-conservation-infringement-notices-regulation-2015","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"20 of 2015","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173502,"registerId":"act-sl-2015-20-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2015","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2015\nSL2015-20\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 2\nEffective: 29 March 2024\nRepublication date: 29 March 2024\nLast amendment made by A2023-56\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 (Nature Conservation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2015, 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 29 March 2024. It\nalso includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to\n29 March 2024.\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\nR2\n29/03/24\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2015\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 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 4\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\nR2\n29/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 4\nSchedule 1 Nature Conservation Act 2014 infringement\nnotice offences and penalties 5\nDictionary 8\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 9\n2 Abbreviation key 9\n3 Legislation history 10\n4 Amendment history 11\n5 Earlier republications 11\n\nR2\n29/03/24\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2015\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\nR2\n29/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2015.\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, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other\nterms defined elsewhere.\nFor example, the signpost definition ‘conservation officer—see the\nNature Conservation Act 2014, dictionary.’ means that the term\n‘conservation officer’ is defined in that dictionary and the definition\napplies to 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)).\n4 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.\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 Nature Conservation Act 2014.\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.\n\nSection 6\nR2\n29/03/24\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\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 Nature Conservation Act 2014 is the conservator of flora\nand fauna.\n7 Infringement notice offences\nThe Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against\na provision of the Nature Conservation Act 2014 mentioned in\nschedule 1, column 2.\n8 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nNature Conservation Act 2014, under an infringement notice for the\noffence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the\noffence.\n(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the\nNature Conservation Act 2014, under an infringement notice for the\noffence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for\nthe offence.\n(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the Nature Conservation Act 2014 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 Nature Conservation\nAct 2014 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 10\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\nR2\n29/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n10 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 Nature Conservation\nAct 2014 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.\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 Nature Conservation\nAct 2014 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\nA conservation officer may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Nature Conservation Act 2014;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the\nNature Conservation Act 2014.\n\nNature Conservation Act 2014 infringement notice offences and penalties Schedule 1\nR2\n29/03/24\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Nature Conservation Act 2014\ninfringement notice offences\nand 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 135 (1) 50 1500\n2 138 (1) 50 1500\n3 138A (1) 5 150\n4 138A (2) 5 150\n5 138B (1) 10 250\n6 147 (1) 50 1500\n7 149 (1) 25 750\n8 149 (2) 50 1500\n9 152 (1) 25 750\n10 152 (2) 50 1500\n11 209 (1) 50 1500\n12 213 (1) 20 600\n13 214 (1) 50 1500\n14 215 (1) 10 300\n15 216 (1) 30 900\n16 217 (1) 50 1500\n17 218 (1) 50 1500\n18 219 (1) 30 900\n19 219 (2) 30 900\n20 220 (1) 30 900\n21 221 (1) 30 900\n\nSchedule 1 Nature Conservation Act 2014 infringement notice offences and penalties\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\nR2\n29/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement penalty ($)\n22 222 (1) 50 1500\n23 222 (2) 50 1500\n24 222 (3) 50 1500\n25 222 (4) 50 1500\n26 223 (1) 50 1500\n27 224 (1) 50 1500\n28 225 (1) 50 1500\n29 227 (1) 20 600\n30 230 (1) 20 600\n31 238 (1) 50 1500\n32 247 (1) 50 1500\n33 257 (1) 10 300\n34 257 (2) 30 900\n35 258 (1) 20 600\n36 258 (2) 50 1500\n37 260 (1) 50 1500\n38 263 (1) 20 600\n39 263 (2) 30 900\n40 295 (1) 1 30\n41 302 (1) 10 300\n42 306 (1) 10 300\n43 306 (2) 20 600\n44 320 (1) 5 150\n45 322 (1) 10 300\n46 324 (1) 50 1500\n\nNature Conservation Act 2014 infringement notice offences and penalties Schedule 1\nR2\n29/03/24\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement penalty ($)\n47 326 (1) 10 300\n48 328 (1) 10 300\n49 330 (1) 50 1500\n50 342 (7) 20 600\n51 355 (4) 20 600\n\nDictionary\npage 8 Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\nR2\n29/03/24\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• conservator of flora and fauna\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.\nconservation officer—see the Nature Conservation Act 2014,\ndictionary.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR2\n29/03/24\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\npage 9\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\n3 Legislation history\npage 10 Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\nR2\n29/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2015 SL2015-20\nnotified LR 10 June 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 June 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 11 June 2015 (s 2 (a) and see Nature\nConservation Act 2014 A2014-59, s 2)\nas amended by\nNature Conservation Amendment Act 2023 A2023-56 sch 1\nnotified LR 11 December 2023\ns 1, s 2 commenced 11 December 2023 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 commenced 29 March 2024 (s 2 and CN2024-2)\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR2\n29/03/24\nMagistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2015\nEffective: 29/03/24\npage 11\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)\nNature Conservation Act 2014 infringement notice offences and penalties\nsch 1 am A2023-56 amdt 1.1; items renum R2 LA\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\n11 June 2015\n11 June 2015–\n28 Mar 2024\nnot amended new regulation\n© Australian Capital Territory 2024","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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It sets individual penalties (as scheduled), a 5× multiplier for corporations, and a $34 reminder‑notice fee, and requires certain details be shown on notices.\n\nIt affects visitors, businesses and anyone interacting with ACT reserves, parks or native wildlife, offering a quicker, non‑criminal alternative to court prosecution."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Schedule 1 (the list of Nature Conservation Act provisions subject to infringement notices and their infringement amounts) was amended by the Nature Conservation Amendment Act 2023 (A2023‑56). The amendment, commenced 29 March 2024, changed which offences are subject to infringement notices and adjusted the infringement penalty entries in the schedule."},"complexity_factors":["Schedule lists 51 distinct Nature Conservation Act provisions with specified infringement penalties (varied dollar amounts).","Different treatment of individuals and corporations: s8(2) makes corporations liable for 5× the listed infringement amount.","Interplay with other statutes: the regulation invokes the Magistrates Court Act 1930 pt 3.8 and relies on definitions in the Nature Conservation Act 2014 and the Legislation Act 2001.","Administrative designation: conservator of flora and fauna is the administering authority (s6), concentrating decision‑making.","Authorised enforcers limited to conservation officers who may serve both infringement and reminder notices (s12), constraining enforcement agents.","Notice content requirements: authorised person identification and mandatory company ACN for company notices (ss9–11, s10(1)), adding a compliance/formality burden.","Fixed reminder‑service cost of $34 (s8(3)) and explicit monetary infringement amounts in schedule reduce discretion but require administrative tracking.","Penalty unit monetary values are recorded in the republished law header (penalty unit = $160 individual, $810 corporation at republication), linking statutory units to dollar sums."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation applies the Magistrates Court Act’s infringement‑notice process to specified offences in the Nature Conservation Act 2014. It names the conservator of flora and fauna as the administering authority, fixes the infringement amounts for listed offences (and makes corporations pay five times the listed amount), and sets basic notice content and reminder‑service rules. \n\nConservation officers may serve infringement and reminder notices; notices must identify the authorised person and, for companies, include an ACN. The stated purpose is to provide an alternative to prosecution and thereby change how enforcement costs and compliance burdens fall on individuals and corporations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-nature-conservation-infringement-notices-regulation-2015","history":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-nature-conservation-infringement-notices-regulation-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-nature-conservation-infringement-notices-regulation-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-nature-conservation-infringement-notices-regulation-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-nature-conservation-infringement-notices-regulation-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-nature-conservation-infringement-notices-regulation-2015/documents"}}