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Airports Act 1996
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138 Infringement notices
(1) The regulations may make provision enabling a person who is alleged to have committed an offence against: (a) this Part; or (b) regulations made for the purposes of section 133; to pay a penalty to the Commonwealth as an alternative to prosecution. (2) The penalty must equal one‑fifth of the maximum fine that a court could impose on the person as a penalty for that offence.