23CPayment by instalments

23C Payment by instalments

(1) Within 28 days after an infringement notice is given to a person, the person may apply to the Secretary to make an arrangement for payment of the infringement notice penalty by instalments. (2) The Secretary must: (a) decide whether to make, or refuse to make, the arrangement; and (b) give the person written notice of the decision; and (c) if the decision is a refusal—set out in the notice the reasons for refusal. (3) The person must pay the infringement notice penalty: (a) if an arrangement is made—in accordance with the arrangement; or (b) if the decision is a refusal—before the end of the latest of: (i) 28 days after the infringement notice is given; and (ii) if the period in which to pay the penalty has been extended under section 65N of the Act—the extended period; and (iii) 7 days after receiving notice of the refusal.