{"id":"sl-2006-20","name":"Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006","slug":"magistrates-court-workers-compensation-infringement-notices-regulation-2006","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"20 of 2006","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173537,"registerId":"act-sl-2006-20-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Workers\nCompensation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2006\nSL2006-20\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 6\nEffective: 13 December 2017\nRepublication date: 13 December 2017\nLast amendment made by A2017-49\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 (Workers Compensation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2006, 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 13 December 2017.\nIt also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law\nto 13 December 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 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\nR6\n13/12/17\nMagistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Workers\nCompensation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2006\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 3\n10 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\nR6\n13/12/17\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 Workers Compensation Act infringement\nnotice offences and penalties 5\nDictionary 7\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 8\n2 Abbreviation key 8\n3 Legislation history 9\n4 Amendment history 10\n5 Earlier republications 11\n\nR6\n13/12/17\nMagistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Workers\nCompensation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2006\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\nR6\n13/12/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006.\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 Workers Compensation 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 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 ‘inspector—see the Workers\nCompensation Act, dictionary.’ means that the term ‘inspector’ is\ndefined in that dictionary and the definition applies 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\nappears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 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.\n\nSection 6\nR6\n13/12/17\nMagistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\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 Workers Compensation Act is the director-general for\nthe Workers Compensation Act.\n7 Infringement notice offences\nThe Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence\nunder the Workers Compensation Act mentioned in schedule 1 for\nwhich an infringement penalty is provided in column 4 of the item\napplying to the offence.\n8 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nWorkers Compensation Act, 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\nWorkers Compensation Act, under an infringement notice for the\noffence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4\nfor the offence.\n(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the Workers Compensation 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 Workers\nCompensation 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 (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\nR6\n13/12/17\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 Workers\nCompensation 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 Workers Compensation 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 $200.\n13 Authorised people for infringement notice offences\nAn inspector may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Workers Compensation Act;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against\nthe Workers Compensation Act.\nNote For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.\n\nWorkers Compensation Act infringement notice offences and penalties Schedule 1\nR6\n13/12/17\nMagistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Workers Compensation Act\ninfringement notice offences\nand penalties\n(see s 7 and s 8)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision, and if\nrelevant, case\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty ($)\n1 38 (4) 10 300\n2 90 (1) 10 300\n3 92 (3) 50 1 500\n4 94A (1) 50 1 500\n5 94B (1) 50 1 500\n6 94B (2) 50 1 500\n7 109 (1) 10 300\n8 109 (2) 10 300\n9 126 (1) 50 1 500\n10 126A (2) 50 1 500\n11 142 (1) 50 1 500\n12 147A (2) 50 1 500\n13 147A (3) 50 1 500\n14 153 (1) 50 1 500\n15 154 (1) 10 300\n16 155 (3) 50 1 500\n17 156 (3) 50 1 500\n18 157 (2) 50 1 500\n19 158 (3) 50 1 500\n\nSchedule 1 Workers Compensation Act infringement notice offences and penalties\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\nR6\n13/12/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision, and if\nrelevant, case\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty ($)\n20 161 (1), if authorised person\nunder s 161 is inspector\n50 1 500\n21 164 (6) 50 1 500\n22 176 (1) 50 1 500\n23 178 (2) 10 300\n24 178 (4) 10 300\n25 190 (3) 50 1 500\n\nDictionary\nR6\n13/12/17\nMagistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\npage 7\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 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.\ninspector—see the Workers Compensation Act, dictionary.\nWorkers Compensation Act means the Workers Compensation\nAct 1951.\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 8 Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\nR6\n13/12/17\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\nLegislation history 3\nR6\n13/12/17\nMagistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2006 SL2006-20\nnotified LR 25 May 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 25 May 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 1 July 2006 (s 2 and see Workers\nCompensation Amendment Act 2006 A2006-4 s 2 (2))\nas amended by\nOccupational Health and Safety (Regulatory Services) Legislation\nAmendment Act 2007 A2007-37 sch 2 pt 2.3\nnotified LR 22 November 2007\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 November 2007 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 2 pt 2.3 commenced 23 November 2007 (s 2)\nMagistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement Notices)\nAmendment Regulation 2011 (No 1) SL2011-13\nnotified LR 26 May 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 May 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 27 May 2011 (s 2)\nAdministrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments)\nAct 2011 A2011-22 sch 1 pt 1.111\nnotified LR 30 June 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.111 commenced 1 July 2011 (s 2 (1))\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.43\nnotified LR 27 May 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.43 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)\nWorkers Compensation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-49 sch 1\nnotified LR 12 December 2017\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2017 (LA s 75 (2))\nsch 1 commenced 13 December 2017 (s 2 (2))\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 10 Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\nR6\n13/12/17\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)\nAdministering authority\ns 6 am A2007-37 amdt 2.6; A2011-22 amdt 1.329\nAuthorised people for infringement notice offences\ns 13 am A2015-15 amdt 3.143, amdt 3.144\nWorkers Compensation Act infringement notice offences and penalties\nsch 1 table sub SL2011-13 s 4\nsub A2017-49 amdt 1.1\nDictionary\ndict am A2007-37 amdt 2.7\ndef commissioner om A2007-37 amdt 2.8\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR6\n13/12/17\nMagistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 13/12/17\npage 11\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\n1 July 2006\n1 July 2006–\n22 Nov 2007\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n23 Nov 2007\n23 Nov 2007–\n26 May 2011\nA2007-37 amendments by\nA2007-37\nR3\n27 May 2011\n27 May 2011–\n30 June 2011\nSL2011-13 amendments by\nSL2011-13\nR4\n1 July 2011\n1 July 2011-\n9 June 2015\nA2011-22 amendments by\nA2011-22\nR5\n10 June 2015\n10 June 2015-\n12 Dec 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 an infringement notice system for Workers Compensation Act offences. While it has been amended several times to update the list of offences and penalties (particularly in 2011 and 2017), it has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short regulation (only 13 substantive sections plus a schedule)","Minimal defined terms (only 3 specific definitions in the dictionary: 'company', 'inspector', and 'Workers Compensation Act')","Simple structure with no nested exceptions or conditional logic","Cross-references limited to the enabling Act (Magistrates Court Act 1930) and the Workers Compensation Act 1951","Schedule 1 is a straightforward table mapping offence provisions to penalty amounts","No complex procedural requirements beyond basic notice content rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation creates an on-the-spot infringement notice scheme for certain Workers Compensation Act offences in the ACT, letting appointed inspectors issue fines instead of prosecuting. It affects employers/businesses required to hold workers compensation insurance, inspectors, and the director-general administering the system.\n\nFines range $300–$1,500 for individuals (companies pay 5×), with a $34 reminder fee for late payment and $200 court costs if a dispute is lost. It speeds up resolution of minor compliance breaches while preserving court action for serious cases."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains narrowly focused on providing an infringement‑notice regime for specified offences under the Workers Compensation Act (its original mechanical purpose per s 3 and s 7). Amendments recorded in the history updated administrative details (administering authority, authorised officers), revised the schedule of offences/penalties and made drafting updates, but did not broaden the regulation beyond its core purpose of prescribing which Workers Compensation offences may be dealt with by infringement notices and the procedural/monetary settings for that scheme."},"complexity_factors":["Short regulation (13 substantive sections plus schedule)","Schedule 1 lists 25 specific offence items (cross‑references to Workers Compensation Act provisions)","Cross‑references to multiple Acts: Magistrates Court Act 1930, Workers Compensation Act 1951, Legislation Act 2001, Corporations Act (for ACN)","Use of signpost and external definitions (inspector defined in Workers Compensation Act; other terms rely on Magistrates Court Act and Legislation Act)","Conditional calculation (corporate penalty = 5 × individual penalty) (s 8(2))","Small number of procedural conditions (notice content, identification, reminder cost, cost to commence proceedings)","Amendment history across years (2007, 2011, 2015, 2017) but amendments are surgical rather than structural"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this regulation does (mechanically)**\n\n- It implements an infringement‑notice (fine) scheme, under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, for a set of offences in the Workers Compensation Act 1951 (see s 3 and s 7). The list of offences and the dollar amount for each infringement penalty are set out in Schedule 1.\n- The director‑general for the Workers Compensation Act is the administering authority for these infringement notices (see s 6).\n- The regulation fixes the amount payable on an infringement notice by an individual (the dollar amounts in Schedule 1, column 4) and specifies that a corporation pays five times the listed individual amount (see s 8(1)–(2); Schedule 1). Schedule 1 contains 25 listed offence provisions with infringement penalties of $300 or $1,500 depending on the offence.\n- It prescribes a $34 cost for serving a reminder notice (s 8(3)), and a $200 charge for starting a court proceeding where liability is disputed (s 12).\n- It requires certain information on notices: where the notice is served on a company it must include the company’s ACN (s 9); and both infringement and reminder notices must identify the authorised person who served them by full name (or surname and initials) or by a unique number issued by the administering authority (s 10–11).\n- Inspectors under the Workers Compensation Act are authorised to serve infringement and reminder notices (s 13).\n\n**Who this affects**\n\n- Employers, businesses and individuals subject to the Workers Compensation Act: persons or entities who commit the specified offences listed in Schedule 1 (see s 7 and Schedule 1).\n- Corporations: they face a higher monetary burden (5× the individual infringement amount) when issued an infringement notice (s 8(2)).\n- The administering authority (director‑general) and inspectors: they decide which individuals are authorised to issue notices, may allocate unique identification numbers, and are responsible for service (s 6, s 10–11, s 13).\n\n**Why this matters (practical effects and trade‑offs)**\n\n- Purpose claimed: the regulation provides a summary‑penalty (infringement) alternative to prosecution for particular Workers Compensation Act offences (s 3 and the note to s 3). In practice that means quicker, lower‑transaction enforcement for those offences, rather than full court proceedings.\n\n- Who pays and how much: recipients of infringement notices pay the set fines (Schedule 1); corporations pay five times the listed individual amount (s 8). Reminder notices carry a $34 service cost (s 8(3)). If someone disputes liability and begins formal proceedings, there is a $200 fee (s 12).\n\n- Who decides: the director‑general administers the scheme and authorises people to issue notices; inspectors are expressly authorised to serve infringement and reminder notices (s 6, s 13). The administering authority also issues any unique numbers used to identify authorised officers on notices (s 10–11).\n\n- Behavioural and market effects: the regulation replaces (for listed breaches) the option of prosecuting with an on‑the‑spot or administratively issued monetary penalty. That shifts enforcement costs from the court system to the recipient of the notice and the administering agency. The result is likely to reduce enforcement transaction costs and speed resolution, but it also shifts decision power to the administering authority/inspectors to issue infringements (s 6, s 13).\n\n- Compliance burden and costs: affected businesses face fixed monetary penalties for specified contraventions (Schedule 1) and additional administrative costs if reminders are served ($34). Corporations face amplified financial exposure because of the 5× rule (s 8(2)). The $200 cost to commence a proceeding to contest liability (s 12) is a concrete barrier that may deter some challenges, particularly for small businesses or individuals.\n\n- Implementation risks and discretion: the administering authority controls authorised‑person identification (s 10–11) and therefore controls operational details of enforcement. That centralisation reduces ambiguity but concentrates procedural discretion (who is authorised, how unique numbers are issued). The regulation does not set detailed internal review procedures; disputing a notice proceeds into the court system and carries the $200 cost (s 12).\n\n- Concentrated benefits and diffuse costs: the main administrative beneficiary is the enforcement agency (lower prosecution load); the costs are borne by individuals and businesses who receive notices. The corporate multiplier (s 8(2)) concentrates larger costs on incorporated entities.\n\n**Key statutory references (mechanical)**\n- Purpose and scope: s 3, s 7\n- Administering authority: s 6\n- Penalties and payment rules (individual v corporation, reminder cost): s 8 and Schedule 1\n- Notice contents and identification requirements: s 9–11\n- Cost to commence proceedings: s 12\n- Who may issue notices: s 13\n\nThis description focuses on the regulation’s mechanisms. The instrument’s stated aim (to provide an alternative to prosecution) is explicit in s 3; the concrete trade‑offs are faster, lower‑cost enforcement versus increased administrative discretion and routine monetary exposure for regulated parties (see s 6–13, Schedule 1)."},"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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