18CPenalty notices

18C Penalty notices

18C Penalty notices

(1) An authorised officer may issue a penalty notice to a person if it appears to the officer that the person has committed (or is, by virtue of section 23, guilty of) a penalty notice offence.

(2) A penalty notice offence is an offence against the regulations that is prescribed by the regulations as a penalty notice offence.

(3) A penalty notice that relates to an offence of which the owner of a vehicle is guilty by virtue of section 23 may be issued to the owner by being addressed to the owner (without naming the owner or stating the owner’s address) and being left on, or attached to, the vehicle. This subsection does not limit the manner in which any such penalty notice may be issued under section 21 of the Fines Act 1996.

(4) The Fines Act 1996 applies to a penalty notice issued under this section.

Note.

The Fines Act 1996 provides that, if a person issued with a penalty notice does not wish to have the matter determined by a court, the person may pay the amount specified in the notice and is not liable to any further proceedings for the alleged offence.

(5) The amount payable under a penalty notice issued under this section is the amount prescribed for the alleged offence by the regulations (not exceeding the maximum amount of penalty that could be imposed for the offence by a court).

(6) This section does not limit the operation of any other provision of, or made under, this or any other Act relating to proceedings that may be taken in respect of offences.

(7) In this section, authorised officer means a person who is declared by the regulations to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this section or who belongs to a class of persons so declared.

s 18C (previously s 24): Renumbered 2022 No 9, Sch 5.2[16].