27Infringement notices

27 Infringement notices

S. 27(1) amended by No. 36/2021 s. 26(1).

(1) Regulations under section 36 may provide for a person to be served with an infringement notice specifying a fixed penalty of not more than 10 penalty units for an offence against this Act or the regulations as an alternative to a prosecution for the offence.

S. 27(1A) inserted by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 16(1)).

(1A) 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.

S. 27(1B) inserted by No. 36/2021 s. 26(2).

(1B) For the purposes of subsection (1), an infringement notice for an offence referred to in subsection (1) may be served in a manner specified in section 19E(1) or (1AA).

Section 12 of the Infringements Act 2006 contains further provisions regarding service of infringement notices.

S. 27(1C) inserted by No. 36/2021 s. 26(2).

(1C) Section 8(1) and (2) of the Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000 do not apply to service of an infringement notice by electronic communication in a manner specified in section 19E(1) or (1AA).

(2) The regulations must specify—

(a) the offences to which this alternative applies; and

(b) the fixed penalty for each of the offences; and

S. 27(2)(c) repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 16(2)
(a)(i)).

S. 27(2)(d) amended by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 16(2)
(a)(ii)).

(d) the person or class of persons who may issue infringement notices.

S. 27(2)(e)(f) repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 16(2)
(a)(iii)).

S. 27(3) repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 16(2)(b)), new s. 27(3) inserted by No. 10/2022 s. 19.

(3) Despite anything to the contrary in the Fines Reform Act 2014, any amount recovered in relation to an offence referred to in subsection (1) must be paid into the WorkCover Authority Fund, unless regulations made under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 expressly provide otherwise.

S. 27(4)–(8) repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 16(2)(b)).

S. 28 amended by Nos 13/1996 s. 37, 107/1997 s. 71, substituted by No. 31/2005 s. 29.