173Infringement notices, offences and penalties

173 Infringement notices, offences and penalties

S. 173(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 3.6).

(1) An authorised officer or a police officer may serve an infringement notice on any person he or she reasonably believes has committed an offence against this Act or regulations made under this Act which is prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(2) An offence referred to in subsection (1), for which an infringement notice may be served, is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006.

(3) The penalty for the purposes of this section in respect of any infringement specified in subsection (1) is the amount prescribed in respect of that infringement.

Division 3—Improvement notices