158Proceedings for offences

158 Proceedings for offences

158 Proceedings for offences

(1) Proceedings for an offence against this Act may be taken before the Local Court or before the Court in its summary jurisdiction.

(2) Proceedings for an offence against the regulations may be taken before the Local Court.

(3) Proceedings for an offence against this Act shall not be instituted in the Court in its summary jurisdiction without the written consent of the Minister or of such prescribed person or person of a class or description of persons prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(4) If proceedings for an offence against this Act are brought in the Local Court, the maximum penalty that the court may impose is, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 200 penalty units or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 months, or both.

(5) If proceedings for an offence against this Act are brought in the Court in its summary jurisdiction, the maximum penalty that the Court may impose is 10,000 penalty units or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months, or both.

(6) (Repealed)

s 158: Am 1979 No 206, Sch 1 (35); 1987 No 11, Sch 4 (13); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 138, Sch 1 [66] [67]; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.39; 2001 No 65, Sch 1 [23]; 2007 No 94, Schs 1.49, 2.