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Essential Services Commission Act 2001
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54X Late payment
(1) The Commission may accept payment of a notice penalty even after the expiration of the time for payment stated in the relevant penalty notice if—
(a) the Commission has not commenced a proceeding specified in subsection (2); and
(b) the notice has not been withdrawn by the Commission in accordance with section 54Y.
(a) a proceeding for a contravention order in relation to conduct that is substantially the same as the conduct constituting the contravention to which the penalty relates; or
(b) a criminal proceeding for an offence constituted by conduct that is substantially the same as the conduct constituting the contravention to which the penalty relates.
S. 54Y inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 9.