27Infringement notices

27 Infringement notices

(1) An authorised officer may serve an infringement notice on any person who the officer has reason to believe has committed an offence against this Act, the Co-operatives National Law (Victoria), the Co-operatives National Regulations (Victoria) or the local regulations that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.

(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 infringement penalty for an offence prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) is the prescribed infringement penalty.

(4) In this section, authorised officer means—

(a) an inspector;

S. 27(4)(b) substituted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 21.2).

(b) a police officer;

(c) a person authorised in writing by the designated authority.