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Fines Act 1996
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#### 24AF Images must be taken
24AF Images must be taken
> > (1) An appropriate officer who issues, or proposes to issue, a penalty notice for a parking offence involving a vehicle must—
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> > > (a) take images that show the act or omission that constitutes the parking offence, and
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> > > (b) if a notification is required to be attached to the vehicle under this division—take images that show the notification attached to the vehicle, and
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> > > (c) if a notification is not required to be attached to the vehicle under this division—as far as reasonably practicable, take images that show why the notification is not required to be attached to the vehicle, and
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> > > (d) give copies of the images to a designated person at the issuing agency that employs or engages the appropriate officer.
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> > (2) Images are not required to be taken or given under this section in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (3) The head of the issuing agency must—
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> > > (a) keep copies of the images given under this section, and
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> > > (b) give copies of images to the Commissioner—if requested by the Commissioner, and
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> > > (c) give copies of images for a particular parking offence to a person who is required to pay an amount under a penalty notice for the offence—if requested by the person.
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> > (4) A failure to take images in contravention of this section—
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> > > (a) does not affect the validity of the penalty notice, but
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> > > (b) may be taken into consideration for the purposes of an internal review under Part 3, Division 2A.
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> **s 24AF:** Ins 2024 No 79, Sch 1.