17Extended period for registration

17 Extended period for registration

The time period within which an infringement fine in respect of an infringement offence must be registered is as follows—

(a) no more than 6 months after the date of the offence alleged to have been committed;

(b) in the case of an alleged offence against section 166(1) of the Electoral Act 2002, no more than 6 months after the date of service of the infringement notice in respect of that offence;

S. 17(ba) inserted by No. 17/2022 s. 11(1).

(ba) in the case of an alleged offence against section 19 of the City of Melbourne Act 2001, no more than 6 months after the date of service of the infringement notice in respect of that offence;

S. 17(c) amended by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 39.2).

(c) in the case of an alleged offence against section 266(3) of the Local Government Act 2020, no more than 6 months after the date of service of the infringement notice in respect of that offence;

S. 17(ca) inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 40.

(ca) in the case of an applicant for determination under section 165DC(1) of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008, in respect of which a direction has been given to an enforcement agency under section 165DB(1)(b), no more than 6 months after the date of service of the notice of the outcome of the application given to the applicant under section 165DD(2)(a) or 165DE(2)(a), as the case requires; or

(d) if a person to whom a payment plan applies defaults on a payment, no more than 6 months after the date on which the person defaulted under the payment plan;

(e) if a person to whom a payment plan applies removes an infringement fine in respect of an infringement offence from the plan, no more than 6 months after the date on which the person removed that infringement fine from the payment plan;

(f) if a payment plan—

(i) is cancelled by the person to whom the payment plan applies, no more than 6 months after the plan is cancelled; or

(ii) is cancelled because the person does not make the first payment in a proposed payment plan under section 48 of the Infringements Act 2006, no more than 6 months from the due date of the first payment under the payment plan;

S. 17(fa) inserted by No. 17/2022 s. 11(2).

(fa) if a person to whom a payment arrangement applies removes an infringement fine in respect of an infringement offence from the arrangement, no more than 6 months after the date on which the person removed that infringement fine from the payment arrangement;

(g) if a payment arrangement —