{"id":"sl-2005-31","name":"Magistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005","slug":"magistrates-court-sale-of-motor-vehicles-infringement-notices-regulation-2005","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"31 of 2005","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173513,"registerId":"act-sl-2005-31-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor\nVehicles Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2005\nSL2005-31\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 5\nEffective: 24 May 2017\nRepublication date: 24 May 2017\nLast amendment made by A2017-14\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 (Sale of Motor Vehicles 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 24 May 2017. It\nalso includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law\nto 24 May 2017.\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 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 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\nR5\n24/05/17\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor\nVehicles 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 2\n7 Infringement notice offences 3\n8 Infringement notice penalties 3\n9 Contents of infringement notices—other information 3\n10 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\nR5\n24/05/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4\n12 Costs if liability disputed 4\n13 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 4\nSchedule 1 Sale of Motor Vehicles Act infringement\nnotice offences and penalties 5\nDictionary 6\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 7\n2 Abbreviation key 7\n3 Legislation history 8\n4 Amendment history 9\n5 Earlier republications 10\n\nR5\n24/05/17\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor\nVehicles Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2005\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\nR5\n24/05/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Magistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles\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 Sale of Motor Vehicles 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.\n4 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 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)).\n5 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.\n6 Administering authority\nThe administering authority for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act is the commissioner for fair\ntrading.\n\nSection 7\nR5\n24/05/17\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\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 Sale of Motor Vehicles Act mentioned in\nschedule 1, column 2.\n8 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the Sale\nof Motor Vehicles Act, under an infringement notice for the offence,\nis the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.\n(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the Sale\nof Motor Vehicles Act, under an infringement notice for the offence,\nis 5 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 Sale of Motor Vehicles Act is $34.\n9 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 Sale of Motor\nVehicles Act 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(2) In this section:\ncompany means a company registered under the Corporations Act.\n\nSection 10\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\nR5\n24/05/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\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 Sale of Motor\nVehicles Act 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 Sale of Motor Vehicles Act\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.\n12 Costs if liability disputed\nThe cost of beginning a proceeding is $200.\n13 Authorised people for infringement notice offences\nAn inspector (other than a police officer) under the Sale of Motor\nVehicles Act, section 5B (Inspectors) may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against\nthe Sale of Motor Vehicles Act.\nNote For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.\n\nSale of Motor Vehicles Act infringement notice offences and penalties Schedule 1\nR5\n24/05/17\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Sale of Motor Vehicles Act\ninfringement notice offences\nand penalties\n(see s 7 and s 8)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty ($)\n1 7 50 500\n2 15 (1) 20 500\n3 16 (1) 20 500\n4 16 (2) 20 500\n5 16 (3) 20 500\n6 20 (1) 10 250\n7 20 (4) 30 750\n8 21 (1) 10 250\n9 26 (2) 5 125\n10 73 (2) 5 125\n\nDictionary\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\nR5\n24/05/17\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 commissioner for fair trading\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.\nSale of Motor Vehicles Act means the Sale of Motor Vehicles\nAct 1977.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR5\n24/05/17\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\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 (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\nR5\n24/05/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2005 SL2005-31\nnotified LR 10 November 2005\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 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\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2008\nA2008-7 sch 1 pt 1.16\nnotified LR 16 April 2008\ns 1, s 2 commenced 16 April 2008 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.16 commenced 7 May 2008 (s 2)\nRed Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2014 A2014-47 pt 7\nnotified LR 6 November 2014\ns 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2014 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 7 commenced 7 November 2014 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.34\nnotified LR 27 May 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.34 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2017\n(No 2) A2017-14 pt 14\nnotified LR 17 May 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 May 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 14 commenced 24 May 2017 (s 2 (1))\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR5\n24/05/17\nMagistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\npage 9\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 A2017-14 s 42, s 43\nAdministering authority\ns 6 am A2017-14 s 44\nAuthorised people for infringement notice offences\ns 13 am A2015-15 amdt 3.123, amdt 3.124\nExpiry of regulation\ns 14 om A2008-7 amdt 1.66\nDictionary\ndict am A2017-14 s 45\ndef registrar om A2017-14 s 46\nSale of Motor Vehicles Act infringement notice offences and penalties\nsch 1 am A2014-47 s 12\n\nEndnotes\n5 Earlier republications\npage 10 Magistrates Court (Sale of Motor Vehicles Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2005\nEffective: 24/05/17\nR5\n24/05/17\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\n12 Nov 2005\n12 Nov 2005–\n6 May 2008\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n7 May 2008\n7 May 2008–\n6 Nov 2014\nA2008-7 amendments by\nA2008-7\nR3\n7 Nov 2014\n7 Nov 2014–\n9 June 2015\nA2014-47 amendments by\nA2014-47\nR4\n10 June 2015\n10 June 2015–\n23 May 2017\nA2015-15 amendments by\nA2015-15\n© Australian Capital Territory 2017","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of establishing infringement notice procedures for Sale of Motor Vehicles Act offences. The amendments since 2005 have been minor housekeeping changes (updating references, removing an expiry clause, adjusting penalty amounts) rather than expansion of scope. The regulation has not grown beyond its initial remit of providing an administrative alternative to prosecution for specific motor vehicle sales offences."},"complexity_factors":["Very short regulation (only 13 substantive sections plus a schedule)","Minimal defined terms (only 1 specific definition: 'Sale of Motor Vehicles Act', with others imported from parent legislation)","Simple structure: purpose, definitions, administering authority, offences/penalties, notice contents, authorised persons","No nested exceptions or complex conditional logic","Cross-references limited to parent Act (Magistrates Court Act 1930) and Sale of Motor Vehicles Act 1977","Schedule 1 is a straightforward table mapping offence provisions to penalty amounts","No temporal provisions, sunset clauses, or complex machinery provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation creates an infringement notice scheme for certain breaches of the ACT Sale of Motor Vehicles Act, letting authorised inspectors issue on‑the‑spot fines instead of pursuing court action. It affects motor vehicle dealers and businesses, inspectors who enforce the law, and consumers who gain quicker remedies.\n\nFines range from $125–$750 for individuals (5× for corporations), with set fees for reminders and court challenges; notices must include officer and company ID. The Commissioner for Fair Trading administers the scheme."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation’s operative scope has been modified since enactment. Amendments updated the schedule of offences/penalties (Sch 1 amended by A2014-47 — see endnotes), adjusted who may serve notices (s 13 amended by A2015-15), and altered the administering authority and dictionary provisions (A2017-14 amendments). These changes affect which Sale of Motor Vehicles offences attract infringement notices, who enforces them, and some definitional/adjudicative details."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose subordinate instrument confined to infringement procedure rather than substantive criminal law (purpose: s 3).","Relies on cross-reference to the Magistrates Court Act 1930 part 3.8 for the underlying infringement scheme (s 7) and to the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act for offence definitions (dictionary).","Fixed schedule of offences and dollar infringement amounts (Schedule 1) simplifies enforcement but requires checking schedule entries against the principal Act.","Different treatment for corporations (5× individual infringement amount) increases calculation and compliance considerations (s 8(2)).","Specific content requirements for notices — e.g. company ACN and authorised-person identification — impose documentary obligations on enforcement officers (ss 9–11).","Small administrative fees are prescribed (reminder service $34 (s 8(3)); cost to begin proceedings $200 (s 12)) which affect incentives to pay, dispute or proceed.","Identification of authorised persons can be by name or unique administering-authority number, creating a delegated identification system (ss 10–11).","Authority to serve is limited to inspectors under the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act (s 13), requiring coordination across instruments.","Amendment history and dictionary changes (endnotes 3–4) add interpretive steps to establish current operative text."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation prescribes how infringement notices are used for certain offences under the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act. It fixes the dollar amounts payable (with a higher corporate rate), requires particular information on infringement and reminder notices, sets small service and proceeding fees, and names who may serve those notices.\n\nIt affects individuals and companies (who pay the penalties) and authorised inspectors (who serve notices). It matters because it converts specified offences into fixed civil penalties and creates modest administrative and compliance obligations for businesses and enforcement officers."},"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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