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Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Charitable
Collections Infringement Notices)
Regulation 2003
SL2003-36
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Republication No 6
Effective: 16 July 2024
Republication date: 16 July 2024
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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections Infringement Notices)
Regulation 2003, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any amendment made
under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 16 July 2024. It also
includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to
16 July 2024.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
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amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.
Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by
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changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into
line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
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Modifications
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provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation
Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an
individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Charitable
Collections Infringement Notices)
Regulation 2003
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Contents
Page
1 Name of regulation 2
3 Purpose of regulation 2
4 Notes 2
5 Meaning of Charitable Collections Act 2
6 Administering authority 2
7 Infringement notice offences 3
8 Infringement notice penalties 3
9 Contents of infringement notices—other information 3
10 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4
Contents
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11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4
12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 5
Schedule 1 Charitable Collections Act infringement
notice offences and penalties 6
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 7
2 Abbreviation key 7
3 Legislation history 8
4 Amendment history 9
5 Earlier republications 10
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Regulation 2003
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Magistrates Court Act 1930
Section 1
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections
Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003.
3 Purpose of regulation
The purpose of this regulation is to provide for infringement notices
under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences
against the Charitable Collections Act.
Note The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 creates a system of infringement
notices for offences against various Acts. The infringement notice
system is intended to provide an alternative to prosecution.
4 Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this
regulation.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5 Meaning of Charitable Collections Act
In this regulation:
Charitable Collections Act means the Charitable Collections
Act 2003.
6 Administering authority
(1) The administering authority for an infringement notice offence
against the Charitable Collections Act is the head of Access Canberra.
(2) In this section:
Access Canberra means the business unit known as Access Canberra.
head, of Access Canberra, means the person occupying the position
(however described) of head of Access Canberra.
Section 7
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7 Infringement notice offences
The Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against
a provision of the Charitable Collections Act mentioned in
schedule 1, column 2.
8 Infringement notice penalties
(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the
Charitable Collections Act, under an infringement notice for the
offence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the
offence.
(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the
Charitable Collections Act, under an infringement notice for the
offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for
the offence.
(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice
offence against the Charitable Collections Act is $34.
9 Contents of infringement notices—other information
(1) An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised person
for an infringement notice offence against the Charitable Collections
Act must include the company’s ACN.
Note The requirement under this section is additional to the requirement under
the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).
(2) In this section:
company means a company registered under the Corporations Act.
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10 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised
person
An infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person
for an infringement notice offence against the Charitable Collections
Act must identify the authorised person by—
(a) for an authorised person who is a police officer—the service
number for the police officer; and
(b) for an authorised person to whom the Charitable Collections
Act, section 55 (Identity cards) applies—
(i) any unique number given to the person by the
administering authority for this regulation; or
(ii) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials.
11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised
person
A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an
infringement notice offence against the Charitable Collections Act
must identify the authorised person by—
(a) for an authorised person who is a police officer—the service
number for the police officer; and
(b) for an authorised person to whom the Charitable Collections
Act, section 55 (Identity cards) applies—
(i) any unique number given to the person by the
administering authority for this regulation; or
(ii) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials.
Section 12
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12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences
Anyone who is an authorised person under the Charitable Collections
Act, section 54 (Authorised people), may serve the following:
(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence
against the Charitable Collections Act;
(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the
Charitable Collections Act.
Endnotes
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law
but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details
of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are
underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Endnotes
3 Legislation history
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3 Legislation history
This regulation was originally the Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections
Infringement Notices) Regulations 2003. It was renamed under the Legislation Act
2001.
Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections Infringement Notices)
Regulation 2003 SL2003-36
notified LR 30 October 2003
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 October 2003 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 31 October 2003 (s 2)
as amended by
Court Procedures (Consequential Amendments) Act 2004 A2004-60
sch 1 pt 1.42
notified LR 2 September 2004
s 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2004 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.42 commenced 10 January 2005 (s 2 and see Court
Procedures Act 2004 A2004-59, s 2 and CN2004-29)
Administrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 2011 A2011-22 sch 1 pt 1.100
notified LR 30 June 2011
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2011 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.100 commenced 1 July 2011 (s 2 (1))
Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.14
notified LR 27 May 2015
s 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.14 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)
Housing and Consumer Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 2024
A2024-29 sch 1 pt 1.7
notified LR 9 July 2024
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2024 (LA s 75 (2))
sch 1 pt 1.7 commenced 16 July 2024 (s 2 (1))
Endnotes
Amendment history 4
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4 Amendment history
Name of regulation
s 1 am R2 LA
Commencement
s 2 om LA s 89 (4)
Purpose of regulation
s 3 am A2004-60 amdt 1.417, amdt 1.418
Administering authority
s 6 am A2011-22 amdt 1.312
sub A2024-29 amdt 1.13
Infringement notice offences
s 7 am A2004-60 amdt 1.419
Authorised people for infringement notice offences
s 12 am A2015-15 amdt 3.72, amdt 3.73
Charitable Collections Act infringement notice offences and penalties
sch 1 am A2024-29 amdt 1.14; items renum R6 LA