267Infringement offence and infringement penalty

267 Infringement offence and infringement penalty (1) In this section, ***prosecution officer*** means the VEC or a person appointed by the VEC for the purposes of this section. (2) A prosecution officer may serve an infringement notice on a person who the prosecution officer has reason to believe has committed an offence against section 266. (3) An offence referred to in subsection (2) for which an infringement notice may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the **Infringements Act 2006**. (4) The infringement penalty for an offence against section 266 is 0·5 penalty units. (5) In addition to the details required under section 13 of the **Infringements Act 2006**, the following details of the election to which the offence referred to in subsection (2) relate must be included in the infringement notice— (a) the name of the Council; (b) if applicable, the name of the ward; (c) if the election was conducted using attendance voting, the date of the election; (d) if the election was conducted by postal voting, the date the voting closed. (6) Payments received by the prosecution officer under this section, in relation to the enforcement of an offence referred to in subsection (2), must be paid to the Council in respect of which the offence relates.