{"id":"F2014L01300","name":"Suspension for Non-payment of Infringement Notices Rule 2014","slug":"suspension-for-non-payment-of-infringement-notices-rule-2014","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438145,"registerId":"F2014L01300-fast-fetch-1775954690912","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Suspension for Non-payment of Infringement Notices Rule 2014","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Document\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\n \n\nSuspension for Non-payment of Infringement Notices Rule 2014\n\nNational Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2014\n\nI, Jamie Edward Briggs, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development make this Rule under section 11 of the National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2014.\n\nDated 25 September 2014\n\n \n\nJAMIE BRIGGS\n\nAssistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development\n\nContents\n\n \n\n1 Name of rule  3\n\n2 Commencement 3\n\n3 Suspension action not mandatory                             3\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n# 1                     Name of rule\n\nThe name of this rule is the Suspension for Non-payment of Infringement Notices Rule 2014.\n\n# 2                     Commencement\n\nThis rule commences on the day after registration.\n\n# 3                     Suspension action not mandatory\n\nFor the purposes of the National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2014 (Cth) (Ordinance), the administering authority and the road transport authority may, but are not required to, take any action in relation to Division 3.4 of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 (ACT) and other provisions of the ACT road transport legislation which:\n\n### (a)                require a suspension notice to be served on a person where an infringement notice and reminder notice have been previously served for an infringement notice offence; or\n\n### (b)                require an administering authority or the road transport authority to take action to suspend vehicle registration and drivers licences,\n\n### in relation to infringement notices issued for an infringement notice offence under the Ordinance.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2525},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2014 Rule and maintains its narrow, original scope. It continues solely to provide discretionary flexibility regarding licence and registration suspension for unpaid National Land infringement notices without expanding into broader enforcement mechanisms or other penalty types."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive provision (section 3 only)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple discretionary language ('may, but are not required to')","Limited cross-referencing (only to the parent Ordinance and one ACT Act provision)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This rule makes it optional—not compulsory—for authorities to suspend your driver’s licence or car registration if you refuse to pay a fine for an offence committed on National Land in the ACT.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People who receive infringement notices (fines) for traffic or parking offences under the *National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2014*—this covers federal territory such as roads around Parliament House, Lake Burley Griffin, and Canberra Airport.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Normally, ACT law *requires* authorities to suspend licences and registrations for unpaid fines after sending reminder notices.\n- This rule says that for these specific federal territory fines, authorities **may** choose to suspend you, but they are **not required to**.\n- It gives them discretion instead of forcing automatic penalties for non-payment."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/suspension-for-non-payment-of-infringement-notices-rule-2014","history":"/api/acts/suspension-for-non-payment-of-infringement-notices-rule-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/suspension-for-non-payment-of-infringement-notices-rule-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/suspension-for-non-payment-of-infringement-notices-rule-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/suspension-for-non-payment-of-infringement-notices-rule-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/suspension-for-non-payment-of-infringement-notices-rule-2014/documents"}}