92Fire prevention infringement notices

92 Fire prevention infringement notices S. 92(1) amended by Nos 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 32(1)), 5/2012 s. 98(1). (1) An authorised officer may serve a fire prevention infringement notice on a person the officer has reason to believe has committed an offence against section 91. S. 92(1A) inserted by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 32(2)). (1A) An offence referred to in subsection (1) for which a fire prevention infringement notice may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the **Infringements Act 2006**. S. 92(2) substituted by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 32(3)). (2) In addition to and without limiting section 12 of the **Infringements Act 2006**, a fire prevention infringement notice under subsection (1) may be served in accordance with section 88(1). S. 92(3) repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 32(4)), new s. 92(3) inserted by No. 5/2012 s. 98(2). (3) The infringement penalty for an offence against section 91 is 10 penalty units. S. 92(4)–(7) repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 32(4)). (8) In this section, ***authorised officer*** means— (a) if the fire prevention notice was served by a fire prevention officer, a person appointed for the purpose by the relevant municipal council; S. 92(8)(b) amended by Nos 24/1997 s. 56, 20/2019 s. 141. (b) if the fire prevention notice was served by Fire Rescue Victoria, a person appointed for the purpose by Fire Rescue Victoria. S. 93 (Heading) inserted by No. 20/2019 s. 143(2)(u). S. 93