58Payment arrangement has same effect as a full payment—demerit point schemes

58 Payment arrangement has same effect as a full payment—demerit point schemes (1) This section applies in respect of an infringement offence that would result in a person incurring demerit points under the **Road Safety Act 1986** or any other Act or other instrument in respect of which a demerit system applies if the person were convicted of the offence which has been referred for a payment arrangement by an enforcement agency under section 43. S. 58(2) amended by No. 59/2017 s. 78. (2) For the purposes of the **Road Safety Act 1986** or any other Act or other instrument in respect of which a demerit system applies, a person is taken to be paying an infringement fine in respect of the infringement offence on making the first payment under section 47 in accordance with the payment arrangement, irrespective of whether the payment relates to that infringement fine.