Food Act 1984
56AInfringements
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56A Infringements
S. 56A(1) amended by No. 44/2024 s. 10.
(1) The Secretary or an authorized officer may serve an infringement notice on a person that the Secretary or the authorized officer has reason to believe has committed—
(a) an offence specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1; or
(b) a prescribed offence.
(2) An offence referred to in subsection (1) for which an infringement notice may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), an infringement notice—
(a) must be in the form required by section 13 of the Infringements Act 2006; and
(b) may contain any additional prescribed details.
(4) The infringement penalty for—
(a) an offence specified in Schedule 1, is the amount specified in Column 3 of Schedule 1 opposite that offence; and
(b) a prescribed offence, is the prescribed amount.
S. 57 amended by Nos 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 47.8, 47.9), 42/2009 s. 40 (ILA s. 39B(1)).