291Infringement offences

291 Infringement offences

(1) An authorised officer or other person authorised by the Regulatory Authority may serve an infringement notice on a person for a contravention of—

Sch. s. 291(1)(a) amended by No. 9/2017 s. 66, substituted by No. 53/2025 s. 56.

(a) section 36(3), 68(1), 69(1), 84(3), 161, 161A, 162(1), 163(1), 170(2), (3) or (4), 172, 173, 174(1) or (2), 175(1) or (3), 176(3), 177(3), 178(7), 179(3), 217 or 269; or

(b) offences against the national regulations that are prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(2) The infringement penalty for an offence for which an infringement notice may be served on a person is the amount which is 10 per cent of the maximum penalty that could be imposed on the person in respect of that offence.

(3) An infringement notice must be in the form prescribed or contain the information prescribed by the infringements law of this jurisdiction.

(4) Subject to this section, the infringements law of this jurisdiction applies to infringement notices served under this section in this jurisdiction.

(5) The payment of an infringement penalty expiates the offence and is not to be considered in—

(a) assessing whether a person is a fit and proper person to be involved in the provision of, or to be a supervisor of, an education and care service; or

(b) assessing an approved education and care service under Part 5.