Div 2Offences and penalties

Division 2—Offences and penalties 12.7 Offences and general penalty (1) A person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who does anything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence. (2) A person who commits an offence under this local law is liable, on conviction, to a penalty not less than $500 and not exceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued. 12.8 Prescribed offences (1) An offence against a clause specified in Schedule 2 is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section 9.16(1) of the Act. (2) The modified penalty for a prescribed offence is the amount specified adjacent to the clause in Schedule 2. (3) For the purpose of guidance only, before giving an infringement notice to a person in respect of the commission of a prescribed offence, the local government should be satisfied that— (a) commission of the prescribed offence is a relatively minor matter; and (b) only straightforward issues of law and fact are involved in determining whether the prescribed offence was committed, and the facts in issue are readily ascertainable. 12.9 Form of notices (1) For the purposes of this local law— (a) where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to in section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of the Regulations; (b) the form of the infringement notice given under section 9.16 of the Act is that of Form 2 in