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### 65A Infringement notices
> [*\[Section 65A of Part 4 Inserted by No. 59 of 2013, s. 33, Applied:01 Feb 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-02-01/act-2013-059#GS33@EN)
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> > (1) An authorised officer may issue an infringement notice and serve it on a person if the officer reasonably believes that the person has committed an infringement offence.
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> > (2) An infringement notice may not be served on an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years.
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> > (3) An infringement notice –
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> > > > (a) is to be in accordance with [section 14 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-057#GS14@EN) [Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-057) ; and
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> > > > (b) is not to relate to more than 4 offences.
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> > (4) The regulations –
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> > > > (a) may prescribe the penalty applicable to each infringement offence that is payable under an infringement notice; and
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> > > > (b) may prescribe different penalties for bodies corporate and individuals.
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> > (5) The penalty prescribed for any infringement offence is not to exceed 20% of the maximum penalty that could be imposed on an individual by a court in respect of the offence.
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> > (6) In this section –
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> > > ***infringement offence*** means an offence against this Act, or the regulations, that is prescribed by the regulations to be an infringement offence.